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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
May. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Paxton S. Williams, Milan, MI (US);
Scott P. Robison, Dexter, MI (US);
Assignee:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/42 (2015.01); E05F 15/75 (2015.01); E05F 15/60 (2015.01); E05F 15/70 (2015.01); G01L 5/00 (2006.01); B62D 33/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/75 (2015.01); E05F 15/42 (2015.01); G01L 5/00 (2013.01); B62D 33/03 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/546 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor module for a vehicle includes a housing structured to be mounted along a sidewall of a cargo door, and a pressure-sensitive sensor mounted in the housing so as to be extendible from the housing and retractable into the housing. A sensor deployment mechanism is operatively coupled to the sensor and is structured to be operable to extend the sensor from the housing and to retract the sensor into the housing.