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US 10,087,671 B2Granted
Powered driven door presenter for vehicle doors
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsH. Paul Tsvi Linden, Christopher Matthew Radjewski, Constantin Manolescu, James Parsons Sullivan
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a body and a door that is movably mounted to the body. The door has a powered latch and an electrically-powered actuator that extends and retracts a plunger from an inner side of the door. A controller unlatches the powered latch and actuates the electrically-powered actuator such that the plunger contacts the body and pushes the door open. The controller then controls the electrically-powered actuator to retract the plunger while the door is open.
Claims13
An apparatus comprising:
- a handleless vehicle door having a first side edge portion that is configured to be pivotably mounted to a vehicle body structure, and a second side edge portion opposite the first side edge portion;
- the handleless vehicle door including a powered latch mechanism having a first electrically-powered actuator that can be actuated to unlatch the latch mechanism to permit the handleless vehicle door to be opened;
- and wherein the handleless vehicle door includes an outer side that is free of an exterior door handle;
- a powered door presenter mechanism including a plunger and a second electrically-powered actuator that can be actuated to shift the plunger between retracted and extended positions;
- a controller configured to:
- actuate the first electrically-powered actuator to unlatch the latch mechanism;
- actuate the second electrically-powered actuator a first time to shift the plunger from the retracted position to the extended position to open the handleless vehicle door;
- and
- actuate the second electrically-powered actuator a second time to shift the plunger from the extended position to the retracted position when the handleless door is open.
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