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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ian Patterson, Billericay, GB;
Brian Westgarth, Billericay, GB;
Rob Swann, Rayleigh, GB;
Jack Whitehurst, Leigh on Sea, GB;
John Strudwick, Rheinbach, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 17/22 (2006.01); E05C 17/20 (2006.01); E05F 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 17/206 (2013.01); E05F 5/025 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle door check mechanism includes a bellows to act as a pneumatic retarder to prevent a high load from being transferred from the door check mechanism to a structural part of a door of the motor vehicle if that door is opened to a fully open position at high speed.