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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Larry Dean Elie, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Timothy J. Potter, Dearborn, MI (US);
Robert F. Novak, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
John Wayne Jaranson, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jeff A. Wallace, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Michael M. Azzouz, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A power assist device includes a motor that is operatively coupled to a door of a vehicle, a display for displaying a swing path of the door, a controller for controlling the motor, and a touchscreen device for supplying the controller with one or more user-inputted selections for controlling a door swing of the door, wherein the user-inputted selections are received by the touchscreen device via one or more touch events.