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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Robert Bruce Kleve, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kosta Papanikolaou, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 17/10 (2006.01); E05B 77/02 (2014.01); E05B 77/54 (2014.01); E05B 81/06 (2014.01); E05B 81/14 (2014.01); E05B 81/54 (2014.01); E05B 81/64 (2014.01); E05B 81/76 (2014.01); E05B 85/10 (2014.01); E05B 85/12 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 77/54 (2013.01); E05B 77/02 (2013.01); E05B 81/64 (2013.01); E05B 81/76 (2013.01); E05B 81/77 (2013.01); E05B 85/12 (2013.01); E05B 17/10 (2013.01); E05B 81/06 (2013.01); E05B 81/14 (2013.01); E05B 81/54 (2013.01); E05B 85/10 (2013.01); Y10T 292/1082 (2015.04);
Abstract
A vehicle door includes a powered latch mechanism and an interior door handle having first and second sensors disposed on opposite sides of the interior door handle. The first and second sensors are configured to detect the presence of a user's hand to control operation of the powered latch mechanism. The powered latch may be unlatched if an unlatch switch is actuated and the first and second sensors detect the presence of a user's hand.