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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2021
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Clinton Williams, Saline, MI (US);
Alexander L. Paradis, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/01 (2013.01); E05B 81/64 (2014.01); B60R 25/20 (2013.01); G08B 15/00 (2006.01); B60R 25/10 (2013.01); E05B 81/56 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/1001 (2013.01); B60R 25/20 (2013.01); E05B 81/56 (2013.01); E05B 81/64 (2013.01); G08B 15/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle including powered door locks, a motor for positioning the powered door locks between a locked position and an unlocked position, one or more sensors for detecting an unauthorized event around the vehicle, and a controller configured to operate the motor to repeatedly move the powered door locks in a predetermined pattern based on speed in response to the one or more sensors detecting an unauthorized event around the vehicle.