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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Douglas Scott Rhode, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Levasseur Tellis, Southfield, MI (US);
David J. Schmidt, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/0134 (2006.01); E05C 17/00 (2006.01); E05F 15/40 (2015.01); E05B 85/10 (2014.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01); E05F 15/622 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/0134 (2013.01); B60J 5/04 (2013.01); E05B 85/10 (2013.01); E05C 17/006 (2013.01); E05F 15/40 (2015.01); E05F 15/622 (2015.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes: (a) a rotatable door including: a door stop assembly configured to arrest opening of the door; a rotatable handle; a haptic feedback assembly arranged to vibrate the handle; (b) processor(s) configured to simultaneously activate the door stop and haptic feedback assemblies. The haptic feedback assembly is disposed within the rotatable handle. The processor(s) are configured to: compute a time-to-collision, and run the haptic feedback assembly at a level based on the time-to-collision.