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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Scott Simon, Dexter, MI (US);
Christopher Emery Fesenmyer, Flat Rock, MI (US);
Michael Neumann, Gisborne, AU;
Mike Sattler, Greensborough, AU;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 7/04 (2006.01); E05D 15/06 (2006.01); B60R 7/08 (2006.01); E06B 3/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05D 15/0608 (2013.01); B60R 7/04 (2013.01); B60R 7/046 (2013.01); B60R 7/08 (2013.01); E06B 3/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly for mounting a door with a vehicle compartment includes an arm coupled with the compartment and with the door and a constant-force spring having a coil coupled with one of the door and the compartment and an end coupled with the other of the door and the compartment such that a contraction of the spring causes the door to move with rotation of the arm.