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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Erin Rose Briggs, Detroit, MI (US);
Muhammad Omer Khan, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Kosta Papanikolaou, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Livianu Dorin Puscas, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Christopher Matthew Radjewski, Macomb, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A door latch system for vehicle doors, deck lids, hatches, hoods, or the like includes a latch. The latch has a predicted life that may be based on a number of times the latch is used. A sensor that generates a signal that can be used to determine if the latch has reached the predicted life and/or if the latch is approaching the predicted life and/or if the latch has exceeded the predicted life. The system may include a controller that causes a display in a vehicle interior to display an end-of-life signal.