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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kosta Papanikolaou, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Erin Rose Briggs, Detroit, MI (US);
Muhammad Omer Khan, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Livianu Dorin Puscas, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Christopher Matthew Radjewski, Macomb, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A convertible vehicle includes a door having a window and a powered actuator that moves the window from a closed position to a partially open (set) position to permit the vehicle door to open. A controller actuates the powered actuator to shift the window to a set position upon receiving a door open request signal. The controller actuates a powered vibrating mechanism to break ice on the window if actuating the powered actuator does not cause the window to move to the set position.