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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kenny Tejeda, Wixom, MI (US);
Roy Joseph Scott, Saline, MI (US);
Nial J. Wykes, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
David James Tippy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/01 (2006.01); B60R 21/16 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B60J 1/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/01 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60R 21/16 (2013.01); G07C 5/0825 (2013.01); B60J 1/17 (2013.01); B60J 5/0487 (2013.01); B60K 2370/171 (2019.05); B60R 2021/01286 (2013.01);
Abstract
A restraint system operating method includes, among other things, when a detachable door is attached to a vehicle, operating a restraint system of a vehicle at least in part in response to a signal from a door sensor of the detachable door. When the detachable door is detached from the vehicle, the method operates the restraint system of the vehicle without relying on the signal from the door sensor.