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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2018
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Livianu Dorin Puscas, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Kosta Papanikolaou, Huntington Woods, MI (US);

Rajesh K. Patel, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 85/14 (2014.01); E05B 85/16 (2014.01); E05B 79/22 (2014.01); E05B 77/04 (2014.01); E05B 79/20 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 85/14 (2013.01); E05B 77/04 (2013.01); E05B 79/20 (2013.01); E05B 79/22 (2013.01); E05B 85/16 (2013.01); Y10T 292/57 (2015.04);
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.


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