Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle with active door zone
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Application No.: US16110789Application Date: 2018-08-23
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Publication No.: US10738524B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Jorge Gomez Melchor , Jesus Marini Parissi , Oscar Saavedra
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
- Agent Frank Lollo
- Main IPC: E05F15/40
- IPC: E05F15/40 ; B60J5/04 ; E05F5/00

Abstract:
A vehicle includes: a frame, a rotatable door; an inhibitor comprising: an arm extending through a selective gate including: upper and lower springs respectively biasing upper and lower rollers against the arm; upper and lower stoppers configured to, upon activation, compress the upper and lower rollers against the arm, thus stopping rotation of the door; sensors, processor(s) configured to: activate and deactivate the stoppers based on sensed events.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180363352A1 VEHICLE WITH ACTIVE DOOR ZONE Public/Granted day:2018-12-20
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