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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
May. 26, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Arie Groeneveld, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Daniel M. King, Northville, MI (US);
Steven Skikun, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Robert Kern, Eastpointe, MI (US);
William Michael Gardner, Novi, MI (US);
Steven Erno, Novi, MI (US);
Patricia Seashore, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An access system for a vehicle may include a controller. The controller may be configured to respond to receiving an unlock signal indicative of an unlock request by causing a compartment closure to unlock for a predetermined time. Or the controller may be configured to respond to receiving an unlock signal indicative of an unlock request and a vehicle operation signal indicative of a vehicle secure state by causing a compartment closure to unlock for a predetermined time. Upon expiration of the predetermined time, the controller may cause the compartment closure to lock. The controller may be configured to respond to receiving an unlatch signal indicative of an unlatch request during the predetermined time by causing the compartment closure to unlatch.