Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Fedor Balayev

Stuart C Salter

Paul Kenneth Dellock

Cornel Lewis Gardner

Kristopher Karl Brown

A vehicle includes a body and a door coupled to the body. The door is operable between opened and closed positions. A cinch assembly is operably coupled to the door. A door seal is positioned along at least a portion of a door opening, wherein the door seal includes a first conductor and a second conductor positioned therein. The first and second conductors are dielectrically isolated and cooperate to generate a capacitive signal. A controller is configured to monitor the capacitive signal and control the cinch assembly in response to the capacitive signal.

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Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America

Fedor Balayev