Door handle apparatus for vehicles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9103143
APP PUB NO 20130076047A1
SERIAL NO

13626864

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A door handle assembly extends a door handle in parallel from an outer surface of a vehicle door and retracts the door handle until it is flush with the outer surface. The door handle assembly includes a door handle formed from a planar handle member and a handle base member. The planar handle member is coupled to the handle base member and a swing arm coupled to the backside of the handle base member extends and retracts the door handle. A first upper fork is rotably coupled to a backside of the handle base member near the distal portion of a first post portion and a second upper fork is rotably coupled to the backside of the handle base member near the distal portion of a second post portion. The lower dual fork portion of the swing arm pivots about a shaft mounted to an inner door surface.

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TESLA INC1 TESLA ROAD AUSTIN TX 78725

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Clarke, Alan Paul Redondo Beach, US 9 238
Cromwell, Scott P Mountain View, US 1 29
Kilgore, Adam S San Francisco, US 5 198
Mooney, Robert E Mountain View, US 1 18
Rawlinson, Peter Dore Worcestershire, GB 70 1343
Wheeler, David San Carlos, US 51 1040
Zalan, Daryl J San Francisco, US 1 29

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