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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Russell Randall Pearce, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Charles Qin, Nanjing, CN;
Neil Wu, Nanjing, CN;
Le Hong, Nanjing, CN;
Dennis Seung-Man Yang, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/03 (2006.01); E05D 11/10 (2006.01); E05D 7/00 (2006.01); E05F 1/10 (2006.01); E05F 15/70 (2015.01); E05F 15/60 (2015.01); B60K 15/05 (2006.01); B60K 15/035 (2006.01); B67D 7/04 (2010.01); B60K 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05D 11/10 (2013.01); B60K 15/03504 (2013.01); B60K 15/05 (2013.01); E05D 7/00 (2013.01); E05F 1/10 (2013.01); E05F 15/60 (2015.01); E05F 15/70 (2015.01); B60K 2015/0319 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03576 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0461 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0538 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B67D 7/0478 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/534 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for opening a refueling door. In one example, a method may include gradually opening the refueling door in proportion to a fuel tank depressurization rate.