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Deployable flexible panel for vehicle door opening

US10682972B2 · kind B2 · utility

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4References

17Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Mohammad Omar Faruque · Ann Arbor, US
S. M. Iskander Farooq · Novi, US
Dean M. Jaradi · Waldenburg, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 1, 2018
Grant date	Jun 16, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 7, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2021/028
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle includes a door opening shaped to receive a removable door, a flexible panel deployable to a position extending across the door opening, and a controller programmed to deploy the flexible panel in response to an impact based on an absence of the removable door from the door opening. The vehicle may include a track elongated along the door opening, and the flexible panel may be deployable along the track.

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