Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Liquid diverter assembly and liquid diverting method for a vehicle door
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Application No.: US16815705Application Date: 2020-03-11
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Publication No.: US11433752B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Stuart C. Salter , Chester Stanislaus Walawender , Hussein H. Berry , Paul Kenneth Dellock , Nizam Khan , David Brian Glickman
- 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: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
- Agent Vichit Chea
- Main IPC: B60J10/25
- IPC: B60J10/25 ; B60J5/04 ; B60J1/17

Abstract:
A liquid diverter assembly for a vehicle door includes, among other things, a funnel adjacent a vertically lower end portion of a glass run within a vehicle door, and a conduit that communicates liquid from the funnel around an electrically powered component of the vehicle door. A method of diverting liquid within a vehicle door includes, among other things, collecting liquid from a glass run of a vehicle door within a funnel, communicating liquid from the funnel to a conduit, and communicating liquid through the conduit such that the liquid moves around an electric component of the vehicle door.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210284003A1 LIQUID DIVERTER ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID DIVERTING METHOD FOR A VEHICLE DOOR Public/Granted day:2021-09-16
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