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US 2017/0158033 A1Published application
Motor vehicle door with hidden key cylinder
AssigneeFord Global Technoligies, LLC
InventorsPaulina Vazquez Orpinel, Jeffrey Scott Mayville
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Abstract
A motor vehicle door is provided. That door includes a door body that carries a door handle and a decorative trim feature remote from the door handle. A key cylinder is carried on the door body behind an access door in the decorative trim feature. The positioning of a hidden key cylinder at a position remote from the door handle frees designers to provide a motor vehicle door with a cleaner and more aesthetically appealing appearance.
Claims17
A door for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a door body;
- a door handle carried on said door body;
- a decorative trim feature carried on said door body remote from said door handle;
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- a key cylinder carried on said door body behind said decorative trim feature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.