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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
H. Paul Tsvi Linden, Southfield, MI (US);
Daniel Carl Bejune, Southfield, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Kosta Papanikolaou, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Noah Barlow Mass, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Lisa Therese Boran, Northville, MI (US);
Ronald Patrick Brombach, Plymouth, MI (US);
Jim Michael Weinfurther, Farmington, MI (US);
Robert Bruce Kleve, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John Thomas Ricks, Taylor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A latch system for vehicle doors includes a powered latch including a powered actuator that is configured to unlatch the powered latch. An interior unlatch input feature such as an unlatch switch can be actuated by a user to provide an unlatch request. The system may include a controller that is operably connected to the powered actuator of the powered latch. The controller is configured such that it does not unlatch the powered latch if a vehicle speed is greater than a predefined value unless the interior latch feature is actuated at least two times according to predefined criteria.