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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Shunmugam Baskar, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Michael J. Gardynik, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Venkatasamy Veluchamy, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Christina Dung Nguyen, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An active anti-flutter system is provided for a motor vehicle. That active anti-flutter system includes an electromagnet on a first component, a ferromagnetic target on a second component and a controller. The controller is configured to energize the electromagnet to generate a magnetic flux that attracts the ferromagnetic target toward the electromagnet thereby reducing vibration of one of the first component and the second component. A method of reducing flutter of a closure panel on a motor vehicle is also disclosed.