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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Francis Raymond Gillis, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
David Alexander Goff, Detroit, MI (US);
Ciprian Ioan Codea, Belle River, CA;
Kosta Papanikolaou, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A hood latch release system includes, among other things, a release handle within a compartment covered by a hood, a hood latch assembly, and a release assembly having an electrically powered actuator and a mechanical actuator. The electrically powered actuator and the mechanical actuator are each configured to move one or more latches of the hood latch assembly from the latched position to the unlatched position. The system further includes a selector assembly. When a coupling member of the selector assembly is in a decoupling position, actuating the release handle causes the electrically powered actuator to unlatch the primary latch, the secondary latch, or both. When the coupling member of the selector assembly is in a coupling position, actuating the release handle causes the mechanical actuator to unlatch the primary latch, the secondary latch, or both.