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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Howard Paul Tsvi Linden, Southfield, MI (US);
Constantin Manolescu, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Kostandinos D. Papanikolaou, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Christopher Matthew Radjewski, Macomb Township, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle emergency handle door release comprises a housing having a pair of opposed walls and one of a pair of opposed pivot bosses disposed on an interior surface of each of the opposed walls. A pivotable handle comprises a pivot mount, a lever disposed on one side of the pivot mount, and a door latch release cable end fitting disposed on another side of the pivot mount. The pivot mount includes a pair of opposed pivots extending laterally from the pivot mount of the pivotable handle that are received within the pivot bosses disposed on the interior surface of each of the opposed walls. A spring having a first leg is disposed against a surface of the housing and a second leg is disposed against a surface of the pivotable handle, urging the pivotable handle to a stowed position.