Vehicle door system with power-operated door presenter and door check mechanism with retention function
OwnerFrancesco CUMBOinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle door and power door system therefor is provided. The power door system includes a power-operated door presenter assembly operable for moving the vehicle door relative to a vehicle body from a closed position to an open presented position and a power-operated door check mechanism for selectively maintaining the vehicle door in the open presented position until the door is intentionally moved toward a fully open position or toward the closed position.
Claims20
A power vehicle door system for pivoting a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body from a closed position to a partially open presented position and for selectively maintaining the vehicle door in the partially open presented position, comprising:
- a power presenter assembly mounted to one of the vehicle body and the vehicle door and having an extensible member and a presenter actuator for actuating movement of the extensible member between a retracted position corresponding to the closed position of the vehicle door and an extended position corresponding to the partially open presented position of the vehicle door;
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- a power door check mechanism separate from the power presenter assembly, the power door check mechanism being mounted to one of the vehicle body and the vehicle door and having a check arm and a check actuator configured to move the check arm between a disengaged state and an engaged state, the check actuator being configured to maintain the check arm in the disengaged state when the vehicle door is in the closed position and the check actuator being configured to maintain the check arm in the engaged state when the vehicle door is in the partially open presented position.
A vehicle door configured for pivoting movement relative to a vehicle body, comprising:
- a door panel structure;
- a power door system for pivoting the vehicle door relative to the vehicle body from a closed position to a partially open presented position and for selectively holding the vehicle door in the presented open position, the power door system including a power presenter assembly and a power door check mechanism in operable communication with one another, the power presenter assembly being mounted to one of the vehicle body and the door panel structure and having an extensible member and a presenter actuator for actuating movement of the extensible member between a retracted position corresponding to the closed position of the vehicle door and an extended position corresponding to the partially open presented position of the vehicle door, the power door check mechanism being mounted to one of the vehicle body and the door panel structure and having a check arm and a check actuator configured to move the check arm between a disengaged state and an engaged state, the check actuator being configured to maintain the check arm in the disengaged state when the vehicle door is in the closed position and the check actuator being configured to maintain the check arm in the engaged state when the vehicle door is in the partially open presented position.
A method of controlling movement of a vehicle door between a closed position, a partially open presented position, and an open position relative to a vehicle body with a power door presenter assembly configured to selectively move from a retracted position, corresponding to the vehicle door closed position, to an extended position, corresponding to the partially open presented position, and a power door check mechanism configured to move from a disengaged state to release the vehicle door to an engaged state to selectively hold the vehicle door in the partially open presented position, comprising:
- maintaining the power door presenter assembly and the power door check mechanism in a de-activated state corresponding to the retracted position of the power door presenter assembly and the disengaged state of the power door check mechanism while the vehicle door is intended to remain in the closed position;
- selectively actuating the power door presenter assembly to move the power door presenter assembly from the retracted position to the extended position to move the vehicle door to the partially open presented position;
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- selectively actuating the power door check mechanism in coordination with the actuation of the power door presenter assembly to move the power door check mechanism from the disengaged state to the engaged state to hold the vehicle door in the partially open presented position.
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