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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Scott Shaw, Plymouth, MI (US);
Kosta Papanikolaou, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/05 (2006.01); B62D 25/24 (2006.01); E05F 15/616 (2015.01); E05F 15/60 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 15/05 (2013.01); B62D 25/24 (2013.01); E05F 15/60 (2015.01); E05F 15/616 (2015.01); B60K 2015/053 (2013.01); B60K 2015/0538 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/534 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure is directed to vehicle fuel systems that include door opening modules for controlling a fuel door opening sequence. An exemplary door opening module may include an actuator (e.g., a motor, an electromagnet, a solenoid, etc.) for automatically moving the fuel door to an ajar position after a fuel tank depressurization sequence is completed. Sound messages may be communicated to a user during the depressurization sequence by an audio actuator.