Vehicle liftgate window component module

US7246840B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Terence M. Gates · Birmingham, US
• Philippe Gougeon · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Leonida S. Vaitus · Windsor, CA
• William Ethan A. McClure · Clawson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 2004
• Grant date: Jul 24, 2007
• Expiry date: Jul 22, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T292/696
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A liftgate component module mountable on a pivotal liftgate window provides a unitary mounting platform for a plurality of components including a window wiper drive motor and a window latch. A unitary bracket carries the wiper drive apparatus and the window latch apparatus. A handle, which may include an electrical switch, is also mounted on the window. The electrical connections between the handle switch and a controller carried on the window as part of the motor enables instantaneous response of the latch to activation of the handle switch. The same controller can also control a liftgate latch and a liftgate electrical switch handle.