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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2004
Chihping Kuan, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Joseph Benjamin Saxon, Cookeville, TN (US);
Shelley Lynn Bolbrugge, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Adam Kyle Cramton, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Enrico Fin, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Jack R. Roach, Florence, SC (US);
Karim Dayoub, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Walter Douglas Bauman, Wixom, MI (US);
Chihping Kuan, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Joseph Benjamin Saxon, Cookeville, TN (US);
Shelley Lynn Bolbrugge, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Adam Kyle Cramton, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Enrico Fin, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Jack R. Roach, Florence, SC (US);
Karim Dayoub, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Walter Douglas Bauman, Wixom, MI (US);
Arvin Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A powered system to selectively position a vehicle liftgate at a multiple of positions intermediate a fully open and a fully closed position. A controller receives commands from a remote, such as a key fob, and/or from a selector located within the vehicle to selectively operate the liftgate to move the liftgate through a multiple of liftgate positions through a combination of button presses or selector positions.