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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/00 (2013.01); B60H 1/0065 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle has front and rear seats and an air conditioning system. There is an auxiliary control accessible from the rear seat for adjusting the air conditioning system. A rear entry door has a child locked state and a child unlocked state. There is a lock control element accessible from the front seat for setting the child locked state. The lock control element is coupled to the air conditioning system for selectably defeating the auxiliary control. Thus, the activation by a driver/parent of a rear-door child protection door lock system is also used for locking out child access to a rear air conditioning unit.