US 12,220,974 B2
System for controlling a closure panel of a vehicle
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US); Annette Lynn Huebner, Highland, MI (US); Kristopher Karl Brown, Dearborn, MI (US); David Michael Diamond, Canton, MI (US); and Clayton Benjamin Ford, Dearborn, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/229,375.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324309 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B60J 5/10 (2006.01); E05F 15/43 (2015.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01)
CPC B60J 5/103 (2013.01) [E05F 15/43 (2015.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01); E05F 2015/767 (2015.01); E05Y 2900/532 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/546 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for a vehicle, comprising:
a first closure panel of the vehicle operable between open and closed positions;
a second closure panel of the vehicle operable between open and closed positions;
at least one sensor that is coupled to the first closure panel and that detects precipitation; and
a controller that prompts movement of the first closure panel from a first open position to a second open position and termination of the movement of the first closure panel at the second open position based on the detected precipitation.