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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2020
Inteva Products France Sas, Sully sur Loire, FR;
Michael Maddelein, Northville, MI (US);
Jean-Marc Belmond, Saint Jean le Blanc, FR;
Pascal Philippe, Saulcy/Meurthe, FR;
Pascal Bonduel, Bouzy la Forêt, FR;
INTEVA FRANCE, Sully sur Loire, FR;
Abstract
A system for operating a handleless door of an automobile having an outer surface includes a remotely-controlled door latch, a sensor disposed at at least one of: disposed behind a window seal; assembled on the window seal; and overmolded in the window seal, and configured to sense an input from a user to open the door, the window seal being configured to transmit an input force to the sensor, and an antenna configured to receive a radio signal from a key fob in vicinity of the antenna. The system also includes a passive entry passive start (PEPS) system coupled to the antenna to authenticate the key fob as being associated with the automobile and a controller configured to receive a signal from the sensor indicating the user provided input to open the door, receive an authentication signal from the PEPS system to authenticate the key fob, and cause the remotely-controlled door latch to release based on receiving the signal from the sensor and the authentication signal from PEPS system.