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US 10,814,830 B2Granted
Start/stop engine button assembly incorporating an automated button cover
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAlfonso Hickman Guevara, David Mercado Velazquillo, Raul Ezequiel Alvarez Ruiz, Luis Jesus Chavela Guerra, Luis Olmos Gonzalez
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Abstract
A start/stop engine button assembly includes a start/stop engine button, a button cover, displaceable between a closed position and an open position, and an actuator that functions to displace the button cover between the closed position and the opened position.
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A start/stop engine button assembly, comprising:
- an engine button housing;
- a start/stop engine button carried on said engine button housing;
- a sliding button cover displaceable between a closed position and an opened position;
- an actuator, sliding said sliding button cover along a first plane between said closed position and said opened position, connected to the engine button housing;
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- a linkage connecting said engine button housing to said button cover, wherein (a) said button cover includes a first sliding door and a second sliding door, (b) said linkage includes a first link bar connecting said engine button housing to said first sliding door and (c) said linkage includes a second link bar connecting said engine button housing to said second sliding door.
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A start/stop engine button assembly, comprising:
- a start/stop engine button displaceable between a first position and a second position;
- a sliding button cover displaceable between a closed position, concealing said start/stop engine button in said first position, and an opened position allowing access to said start/stop engine button in said second position;
- a linear actuator displacing said start/stop engine button and sliding said sliding button cover along a first plane between the closed position and the opened position;
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- a linkage and an engine button housing said linkage connecting said engine button housing to said button cover wherein said button cover includes a first sliding door and a second sliding door displaceable along a guideway in the first plane.
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