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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 3/02 (2006.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 3/023 (2013.01); B60N 3/026 (2013.01); B60R 13/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle interior panel assembly includes a trim panel, a grab handle supported by the trim panel and rotatable relative to the trim panel between a retracted position and a grabbable position, a spring biasing the grab handle to the retracted position, and a pyrotechnic actuator fixing the grab handle in the grabbable position and dischargeable to release the grab handle from the grabbable position.