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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Livianu Dorin Puscas, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Bhupendra A. Patel, Canton, MI (US);
Kosta Papanikolaou, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
David Manuel Rogers, Southfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 15/02 (2006.01); E05B 85/00 (2014.01); E05B 85/04 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 15/029 (2013.01); E05B 85/00 (2013.01); E05B 85/045 (2013.01); Y10T 292/694 (2015.04);
Abstract
Striker cover for use with a vehicle closure. The striker cover having two cover pieces with coaxial pivot edges, that when contacted by a latch, pivot into a cam and separate to provide access of the latch to the striker. When the vehicle closure is open, springs bias the cover pieces toward each other and into the cam, rotating the cover pieces back into a first position. In the first position the cover pieces cover the striker and obstruct the striker from view.