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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Larry Dean Elie, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Timothy J. Potter, Dearborn, MI (US);
John Wayne Jaranson, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/04 (2006.01); E05F 15/00 (2015.01); E05F 15/614 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/0473 (2013.01); E05F 15/00 (2013.01); E05F 15/614 (2015.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a door frame coupled to a vehicle frame at a hinge. A door operating mechanism is coupled to the door and vehicle frames for applying rotational force to the door frame about the hinge. The door operating mechanism including external cogs of an inner gear that mesh with inner cogs of an outer gear and a single oblong bearing that biases the inner gear in partial engagement with the outer gear.