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US 12,351,007 B2Granted
Actuator moving door-trim panel in cross-vehicle direction
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
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Abstract
An assembly includes a door panel. The assembly includes a door-trim panel movably supported by the door panel. The assembly includes an actuator between the door panel and the door-trim panel. The door-trim panel is selectively movable relative to the door panel in a cross-vehicle direction by the actuator.
Claims20
An assembly comprising:
- a door panel;
- a door-trim panel movably supported by the door panel;
- an actuator between the door panel and the door-trim panel, the door-trim panel being selectively movable relative to the door panel in a cross-vehicle direction by the actuator;
- and
- a computer including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- identify a size of an occupant of a vehicle seat adjacent the door-trim panel;
- and
- activate the actuator to move the door-trim panel in the cross-vehicle direction based on the identified size of the occupant of the vehicle seat.
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An assembly comprising:
- a door panel;
- a door-trim panel movably supported by the door panel;
- an actuator between the door panel and the door-trim panel, the door-trim panel being selectively movable relative to the door panel in a cross-vehicle direction by the actuator;
- the actuator including a housing fixed relative to the door panel and a plunger movable relative to the housing;
- and
- a support plate fixed relative to the door-trim panel and the actuator, the plunger of the actuator abutting the support plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.