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US 9,850,695 B2Granted
Door restraint mechanism
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsYunuen Torres Fernandez, Saulo Da Cortes Cervantes, Jorge Guillermo Barrios Albert
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Abstract
A door restraint system includes a retractor, a retractor brake, and a retractor-deployed stay for selectively restraining opening of a vehicle door. The retractor-deployed stay is configured to spool to and from the retractor as vehicle door is translated between a closed configuration and one or more opened configurations. Door check systems including the door restraint system are described.
Claims14
A door restraint system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a retractor comprising a torsion bar;
- a retractor brake comprising a linear actuator operatively connected to a braking mechanism;
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- a retractor-deployed stay spooled by the torsion bar for selectively restraining opening of a vehicle door.
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A door check system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a door check mechanism providing one or more pre-determined vehicle door open positions;
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- a door restraint system, comprising:
- a retractor comprising a torsion bar;
- a retractor brake comprising a linear solenoid operatively connected to a braking mechanism;
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- a retractor-deployed stay spooled by the torsion bar for selectively restraining opening of a vehicle door.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.