Power door presenter with latching feature

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11008780-B2
Application number	US-201715837554-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2017
Priority date	Dec 23, 2016
Publication date	May 18, 2021
Grant date	May 18, 2021

Abstract

A power door presenter system for pivoting a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body between a closed position and a partially open deployed position includes a presenter assembly mounted to one of the vehicle body and the vehicle door with an auxiliary striker fixed to the other one of the vehicle body and the vehicle door. The presenter assembly has an extensible member configured for movement between retracted and extended positions corresponding to the closed and deployed positions and an auxiliary latch mechanism moveable between latched engagement with the auxiliary striker when the vehicle door is indicated as not being under manual control of a user to allow automated return of the vehicle door to the closed position and unlatched engagement from the auxiliary striker when the vehicle door is indicated as being under manual control of the user to allow the door to be moved to a fully opened position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power door presenter system for pivoting a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body between a closed position and a partially open deployed position, comprising:
a presenter assembly having a housing mounted to one of the vehicle body and the vehicle door and having an extensible member and an actuator for actuating powered movement of the extensible member between a retracted position corresponding to the closed position of the vehicle door and an extended position corresponding to the partially open deployed position of the vehicle door, said presenter assembly having an auxiliary latch mechanism moveable between latched and unlatched positions;
an auxiliary latch striker fixed to the other one of the vehicle body and the vehicle door, the auxiliary latch striker being configured to be latched with said auxiliary latch mechanism when said auxiliary latch mechanism is in said latched position and the vehicle door is in the partially open deployed position and unlatched from said auxiliary latch mechanism when said auxiliary latch mechanism is in said unlatched position, wherein
said auxiliary latch mechanism is unlatched from said auxiliary latch striker when the vehicle door is under manual control of a user, so as to permit the user to move the door from the partially open deployed position to a fully open position, and said auxiliary latch mechanism is selectively operable to be latched with said auxiliary latch striker when the vehicle door is not under said manual control of the user and is in the partially open deployed position, so as to permit movement of the door from the partially open deployed position to the closed position via movement of the extensible member to the retracted position;
wherein said auxiliary latch mechanism is operable to remain in said unlatched position, unlatched from said auxiliary latch striker during the powered movement of said extensible member between said retracted and extended positions and is further operable to be moved to said latched position into engagement with said auxiliary latch striker when the vehicle door is in the partially open deployed position, so as to permit the presenter assembly to move the door to the closed position;
wherein said auxiliary latch mechanism is pivotally connected to said extensible member for pivotal movement between said latched and unlatched positions, and further including a biasing member releasably maintaining said auxiliary latch mechanism in one of said latched and unlatched positions; and
wherein said auxiliary latch mechanism includes at least one auxiliary member abutment surface and said housing includes at least one presenter abutment surface, said at least one auxiliary member abutment surface being configured for selective abutment with said at least one presenter abutment surface to pivot said auxiliary latch mechanism from said latched position to said unlatched position.

2. The power door presenter system of claim 1 , wherein said auxiliary latch mechanism is operable to remain in said latched position in said engagement with said auxiliary latch striker during the powered movement of said extensible member between said retracted and extended positions and is further operable to be moved to said unlatched position and unlatched from said auxiliary latch striker when the vehicle door is under said manual control of the user.

3. The power door presenter system of claim 2 , further including a control module in operable communication with said presenter assembly, said control module being configured to receive a signal from a sensor and to provide a signal to said presenter assembly indicating the vehicle door is under the manual control of the user to release said auxiliary latch mechanism from the latched position in said engagement with said auxiliary latch striker.

4. The power door presenter system of claim 3 , wherein said auxiliary latch mechanism is configured to remain in the latched position in said engagement with said auxiliary latch striker while the door is in the partially open deployed position in the absence of receiving the signal from said control module indicating the vehicle door is under the manual control of the user.

5. The power door presenter system of claim 4 , wherein said control module is operable to send a signal to said presenter assembly to cause said actuator to move said extensible member from said extended position to said retracted position while said auxiliary latch mechanism is in the latched position in said engagement with said auxiliary latch striker to move the door from the partially open deployed position to the closed position.

6. The power door presenter system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one presenter abutment surface comprises first and second presenter abutment surfaces and said at least one auxiliary member abutment surface comprises first and second auxiliary member abutment surfaces, said first presenter abutment surface being configured to abut said first auxiliary member abutment surface to pivot said auxiliary latch mechanism from said latched position to said unlatched position as said extensible member is moved into said retracted position and said second presenter abutment surface being configured to abut said second auxiliary member abutment surface to pivot said auxiliary latch mechanism from said unlatched position to said latched position as said extensible member is moved into said extended position.

7. The power door presenter system of claim 1 , wherein said presenter assembly is mounted on the vehicle body and the auxiliary latch striker is mounted on the door.

8. A power door presenter system for pivoting a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body between a closed position and a partially open deployed position, comprising:
a presenter assembly having a housing mounted to one of the vehicle body and the vehicle door and having an extensible member and an actuator for actuating movement of the extensible member between retracted and extended positions;
an auxiliary latch striker fixed to the other one of the vehicle body and the vehicle door, the auxiliary latch striker being unlatched from the presenter assembly during powered movement of the door from the closed position to the partially open deployed position; and
an auxiliary latch mechanism operable for selective engagement with the auxiliary latch striker when the vehicle door is in the partially open deployed position, so as to enable automated movement of the door from the partially open deployed position to the closed position during selective actuation of said actuator and corresponding movement of said extensible member from said extended position to said retracted position;
wherein said auxiliary latch mechanism is an elongate member pivotally connected to said extensible member for pivotal movement between a latched position latched with said auxiliary latch striker and an unlatched position unlatched from said auxiliary latch striker, and further including a biasing member releasably maintaining said auxiliary latch mechanism in one of said latched and unlatched positions; and
wherein said auxiliary latch mechanism includes at least one auxiliary member abutment surface and said housing includes at least one presenter abutment surface, said at least one auxiliary member abutment surface being configured for selective abutment with said at least one presenter abutment surface to pivot said auxiliary latch mechanism from said unlatched position to said latched position.

9. The power door presenter system of claim 8 , wherein said at least one presenter abutment surface comprises first and second presenter abutment surfaces and said at least one auxiliary member abutment surface includes first and s

Assignees

• Magna Closures Inc

Inventors

• Oxley Peter Lance
• Rogers Kristopher B

Classifications

• E05B63/0004 Primary

  Additional locks added to existing lock arrangements · CPC title

• E05Y2900/531

  Doors · CPC title

• E05B85/24

  Bolts rotating about an axis · CPC title

• E05Y2201/426

  for the initial opening movement · CPC title

• E05B81/14

  operating on bolt detents, e.g. for unlatching the bolt · CPC title