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Patent No.:

US 11906348 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 26, 2021

Load-sensing closure panel

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);

David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);

Peter Phung, Windsor, CA;

Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);

Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);

John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Vichit Chea

Price Heneveld LLP

Primary Examiner:

Amy R Weisberg

Assistant Examiner:

Wenwei Zhuo

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 19/12 (2006.01); B60J 5/10 (2006.01); G01G 23/36 (2006.01); G01G 23/32 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 19/12 (2013.01); B60J 5/10 (2013.01); G01G 23/32 (2013.01); G01G 23/36 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); B60J 5/04 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 2370/164 (2019.05); B60K 2370/167 (2019.05); B60K 2370/334 (2019.05); B60Q 5/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle includes a body, an aperture defined by the body, a closure panel, and a load sensor. The closure panel is movable between an open position and a closed position. The closure panel covers at least a portion of the aperture when the closure panel is in the closed position. The load sensor is coupled to the closure panel. The load sensor senses a load that is applied to the closure panel.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Salter, Stuart. (2024). Load-sensing closure panel (U.S. Patent No. 11906348). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11906348

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