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US 2019/0291690 A1Published application
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:
- a start/stop engine button;
- a button cover displaceable between a closed position and an opened position;
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- an actuator displacing said button cover between said closed position and said opened position.
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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 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;
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- a linear actuator displacing said start/stop engine button and said button cover.
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A method for restricting a child from starting an engine of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- covering a start/stop engine button of the motor vehicle with a button cover;
- displacing, by an actuator, said button cover between a closed position and opened position;
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- configuring, by a control module, to only open said button cover when an individual in a driver seat of said motor vehicle exceeds a predetermined weight.
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