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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
May. 31, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Tuan Anh Be, Livonia, MI (US);
Nicholas Colella, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Allen R. Murray, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An automated system is provided for closing a closure of a motor vehicle. That automated system includes a plurality of closures, a plurality of closure modules for opening and closing that plurality of closures and a control module. The control module is configured to monitor a transmission state of the motor vehicle and an open/close state of the plurality of closures and then close an open closure of the plurality of closures when the transmission is shifted out of park and the open closure is detected. A related method is also provided.