A vehicle includes an opening between an upper frame and a door when the vehicle is seen from the side. The vehicle includes a lever pivotally attached to a portion of an inner wall of the door that is located above a middle position of the door in an up-down direction and forward of a latch mechanism, and an interlocking shaft linked to the lever and the latch mechanism. The interlocking shaft is configured to move in a vehicle front-rear direction as the lever is pivoted, thus interlocking the latch mechanism with the lever.

A side door of a motor vehicle has a door lock actuator for a door lock, and a pivoting lever pivotable about a rotational axis of a joint. The pivoting lever has a coupling section coupled to a mechanical actuating member of the door lock in the installed state. An interior door pull handle has one or more fastening regions and at least one handle region having an axial extent. The pivoting lever is integrated into the handle region of the interior door pull handle. The rotational axis is oriented substantially transversely with respect to the axial extent.

A side door of a motor vehicle has a door lock actuator for a door lock, and a pivoting lever pivotable about a rotational axis of a joint. The pivoting lever has a coupling section coupled to a mechanical actuating member of the door lock in the installed state. An interior door pull handle has one or more fastening regions and at least one handle region having an axial extent. The pivoting lever is integrated into the handle region of the interior door pull handle. The rotational axis is oriented substantially transversely with respect to the axial extent.

An actuating member (14), in particular a handle element, an interior door handle arrangement of a vehicle, wherein the actuating member (14) includes a carrier substrate (20) preferably made of plastic and a decorative layer (21) covering the surface of the carrier substrate (20). The decorative layer (21) includes a visible area (22) that in particular in the intended installed state, and in particular in the non-actuated state of the actuating member (14) forms a visible side of the actuating member (14), at least one gate region (2) in particular formed in a gate lip or gate tab (4), and at least one edge region or arcuate region (25, 26) by which the gate region (2) is preferably continuously connected to the visible area (22) of the decorative layer (21).

An actuating member (14), in particular a handle element, an interior door handle arrangement of a vehicle, wherein the actuating member (14) includes a carrier substrate (20) preferably made of plastic and a decorative layer (21) covering the surface of the carrier substrate (20). The decorative layer (21) includes a visible area (22) that in particular in the intended installed state, and in particular in the non-actuated state of the actuating member (14) forms a visible side of the actuating member (14), at least one gate region (2) in particular formed in a gate lip or gate tab (4), and at least one edge region or arcuate region (25, 26) by which the gate region (2) is preferably continuously connected to the visible area (22) of the decorative layer (21).

A vehicle door control arrangement 10 for permitting opening of a vehicle door 12, the arrangement 10 including a door handle means 14. A control mechanism 16 is locatable in the door 12, and operable by movement of the door handle means 14 to cause door latching means to disengage from the closed position. A door handle movement means 18 is provided, operable to selectively move the door handle means 14 between a rest position in which the door handle means 14 is located substantially within the door 12, and an operable position in which the door handle means 14 extends outwardly from the door 12 such that the door handle means 14 can be manually engaged by a person. Operating means 20 is provided to detect when it is required to open the door, and in response to cause the door handle movement means 18 to move the door handle means 14 from the rest position to the operable position.

A vehicle door control arrangement 10 for permitting opening of a vehicle door 12, the arrangement 10 including a door handle means 14. A control mechanism 16 is locatable in the door 12, and operable by movement of the door handle means 14 to cause door latching means to disengage from the closed position. A door handle movement means 18 is provided, operable to selectively move the door handle means 14 between a rest position in which the door handle means 14 is located substantially within the door 12, and an operable position in which the door handle means 14 extends outwardly from the door 12 such that the door handle means 14 can be manually engaged by a person. Operating means 20 is provided to detect when it is required to open the door, and in response to cause the door handle movement means 18 to move the door handle means 14 from the rest position to the operable position.

A door handle assembly (1) for a vehicle, wherein the door handle assembly includes a handle support (2) and a grip (3) for opening a door or flap of the vehicle, wherein the door handle assembly is configured in order to be transferable between a mounting state and an operating state, wherein, in the mounting state of the door handle assembly, at least one first end region (4) of the grip (3) can be inserted or plugged into a receiving region (5) formed in the handle support (2) and in particular configured in order to be channel- or shaft-shaped, and wherein, in the operating state of the door handle assembly, the grip (3) is pivotably mounted relative to the handle support (2) via a pivot bearing formed during the change from the mounting state to the operating state about a pivot axis specified by the pivot bearing.

The present invention relates to an operation device which can be easily installed on a vehicle door, and a vehicle door comprising the operation device. An operation device of the present invention comprises: a gripper provided on an inner surface of a door of a vehicle; an operation interface provided on an inner side surface of the gripper for receiving an operation input entered by an occupant to operate at least one in-vehicle device; a first sensor provided on an outer side surface of the gripper for detecting a finger of the occupant; a second sensor provided on at least one of the inner side surface and an upper surface of the gripper for detecting a finger of the occupant; and a controller connected to the operation interface, the first sensor, the second sensor, and the at least one in-vehicle device. The controller controls the at least one in-vehicle device based on a signal from the operation interface when both the first sensor and the second sensor detect the occupant, and prohibits the at least one in-vehicle device from being controlled based on a signal from the operation interface when at least one of the first sensor and the second sensor does not detect the occupant.

The vehicle door handle structure includes a door handle disposed above a belt molding on a side door of a vehicle and pulled by a user when the user opens the side door from an outside of the vehicle, and a pocket space disposed behind the door handle to receive fingers of the user, and the door handle is inclined toward the front of the vehicle with respect to the ground contact surface of the vehicle such that an entrance of the pocket space faces diagonally rearward and diagonally upward of the vehicle.