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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kevin James Rhodes, Dearborn, MI (US);
Pallav Sohoni, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/76 (2015.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); E05F 15/603 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/76 (2015.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); E05F 15/603 (2015.01); B60L 2270/30 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/40 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/44 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/852 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/53 (2013.01);
Abstract
A charge port assembly includes a port, an iris door movable to expose the port, and a motorized actuating assembly configured to move the iris door between a closed position in which the port is concealed and an open position in which the port is exposed. The iris door may be automatically dilated to the open position in response to a predefined prompt from an authorized user or if a charging cord is approaching the charge port assembly.