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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Livianu Dorin Puscas, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Kosta Papanikolaou, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Bhupendra A. Patel, Canton, MI (US);
David Manuel Rogers, Southfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle door includes a door structure and a movable door handle that is connected to a latch mechanism by a cable. A rotatably biased stop member is connected to the cable. The vehicle door further includes a housing having a channel that receives portion of the stop member. The channel includes first and second linear portions and a transverse stop portion that is engaged by the follower to prevent further lengthwise movement of the lock member and cable if a speed of the cable exceeds an allowable value.