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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
May. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gregory Alan Conner, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Markus Link, Koblenz, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 11/63 (2006.01); E05B 79/02 (2014.01); G01R 31/00 (2006.01); G01R 19/165 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); E05B 81/64 (2014.01); E05B 81/62 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 79/02 (2013.01); E05B 81/62 (2013.01); E05B 81/64 (2013.01); G01R 19/1659 (2013.01); G01R 31/006 (2013.01); G08B 21/182 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of fitting a power closure member to a vehicle includes the steps of: (a) detecting, by current sensor, current drawn by a closure member actuator when the closure member is closed and a latch contacts a striker of a lock assembly for the closure member and (b) comparing, by computing device, a detected current to a predetermined current range representative of desired mechanical interference between the latch and the striker.