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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2010
Daniel D. Carlson, Fenton, MI (US);
J. Michael Andrews, Plymouth, MI (US);
Daniel D. Carlson, Fenton, MI (US);
J. Michael Andrews, Plymouth, MI (US);
Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a vent valve movable between a closed condition blocking air flow through a vent opening and an open condition enabling air flow through the vent opening. A door position sensor assembly is operable from a first condition to a second condition in response to movement of a vehicle door from a closed position to an open position and is operable from the second condition to the first condition in response to movement of the vehicle door from the open position to the closed position. An actuator assembly operates the vent valve from the closed condition to the open condition upon operation of the door position sensor assembly from the first condition to the second condition and releases the vent valve for movement from the open condition to the closed condition upon operation of the door position sensor assembly from the second condition to the first condition.