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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Frank Joseph Topolovec, Canton, MI (US);
Timothy P. Covert, Southfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 1/00 (2006.01); E05F 11/54 (2006.01); B60J 5/10 (2006.01); E05F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 11/54 (2013.01); B60J 5/101 (2013.01); E05F 7/00 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/68 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/85 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/122 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/532 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/546 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for closing a liftgate. That apparatus includes a handle displaceable between a stowed position and a deployed position, a latch to releasably hold the handle in the stowed position, an actuator to displace the handle into the deployed position and a release feature to release the latch and deploy the handle. A liftgate assembly incorporating that apparatus and a method of closing a liftgate are also disclosed.