Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Active vehicle pillar arrangement for selective wind noise, wind throb, snow buildup and moisture control
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Application No.: US15251303Application Date: 2016-08-30
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Publication No.: US10173510B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Mark George Vojtisek , Douglas Richard Olson , Jamal Kanso , William S Gulker , Jonathan B Barnes , Travis S Garland
- Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: King & Schickli, PLLC
- Agent Jason Rogers
- Main IPC: B60J10/50
- IPC: B60J10/50 ; B62D25/04 ; B60J1/20 ; B60R13/08 ; B60R13/04 ; B60R13/07
Abstract:
An apparatus is for use with a pillar adjacent to a vehicle window, such as a windshield. The apparatus includes a molding for positioning adjacent to the pillar, the molding forming a channel in a deployed condition for receiving moisture from the vehicle windshield, or for reducing the effects of wind throb when a single vehicle window is open. An actuator may be associated with the molding for activating a non-deployed condition of the molding for reducing the effects of wind noise.
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