Vehicles incorporating tailgate energy management systems
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United States of America Patent
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Aug 25, 2015
Grant Date -
Jul 3, 2014
app pub date -
Mar 5, 2014
filing date -
Aug 11, 2011
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Abstract
A vehicle includes sidewalls, a tailgate located proximate to rear ends of the sidewalls, and a tailgate energy management system. The tailgate energy management system includes a governor coupled to one of the sidewalls and to the tailgate. The governor selectively applies a governing force to the tailgate to reduce an opening speed of the tailgate. The tailgate energy management system also includes a speed sensor sensing an opening speed of the tailgate and an electronic control unit electronically coupled to the governor and the speed sensor. The electronic control unit includes a processor and memory storing an instruction set. The electronic control unit receives a speed signal indicative of the opening speed of the tailgate and the processor executes the instruction set to cause the electronic control unit to transmit a control signal to the governor to slow the opening speed of the tailgate based on the speed signal.
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- 2014 Application Filing Year
- B60J Class
- 574 Applications Filed
- 487 Patents Issued To-Date
- 84.85 % Issued To-Date
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- 4 Citation Count
- B60J Class
- 5.66 % this patent is cited more than
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