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Powered latch system for vehicle doors and control system therefor

US11466484B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

H. Paul Tsvi Linden · Southfield, US
Daniel Carl Bejune · Southfield, US
John Robert Van Wiemeersch · Harper Woods, US
Kosta Papanikolaou · Huntington Woods, US
Noah Barlow Mass · Ann Arbor, US
Lisa Therese Boran · Northville, US
Ronald Patrick Brombach · Plymouth, US
Jim Michael Weinfurther · Farmington Hills, US
Robert Bruce Kleve · Ann Arbor, US
John Thomas Ricks · Lincoln Park, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 24, 2018
Grant date	Oct 11, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 9, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T292/1043
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A latch system for vehicle doors includes a powered latch including a powered actuator that is configured to unlatch the powered latch. An interior unlatch input feature such as an unlatch switch can be actuated by a user to provide an unlatch request. The system may include a controller that is operably connected to the powered actuator of the powered latch. The controller is configured such that it does not unlatch the powered latch if a vehicle speed is greater than a predefined value unless the interior latch feature is actuated at least two times according to predefined criteria.

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