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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Livianu Dorin Puscas, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Kosta Papanikolaou, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Rajesh K. Patel, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle door includes a door structure having an interior space and a ramp disposed within the interior space. The vehicle door further includes a latch and a handle that is pivotably connected to the door structure. The handle includes a pair of inwardly and forwardly extending hooks. The vehicle door also includes a cable or other linkage connected to the latch. The cable has a fitting that is pushed along the ramp by the hooks upon pivoting of the handle to thereby shift the cable and unlatch the latch.