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Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1993

Filed:

Jan. 06, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:

James M Helms, Southgate, MI (US);

George A Alderton, IV, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Assignee:

ASC Incorporated, Southgate, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318265 ; 318286 ; 318467 ; 296107 ;
Abstract

A system for lowering and raising an automotive convertible top includes a motor for moving the convertible top, a potentiometer for sensing the position of the convertible top throughout its range of movement, and a controller for actuating the motor in response to the sensed position of the potentiometer.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Helms, James. (1993). Single-button actuated self-correcting automatic convertible top (U.S. Patent No. 5225747). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5225747

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