Powered driven door presenter for vehicle doors
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1. A vehicle comprising:
- a body;
a handleless door movably mounted to the body and having a powered latch and an electrically-powered actuator that extends and retracts a plunger transversely from an inner side of the door;
a controller that is configured to;
1) unlatch the powered latch,
2) actuate the electrically-powered actuator whereby the plunger contacts the body and pushes the door open, followed by
3) actuating the electrically-powered actuator to retract the plunger.
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a body and a door that is movably mounted to the body. The door has a powered latch and an electrically-powered actuator that extends and retracts a plunger from an inner side of the door. A controller unlatches the powered latch and actuates the electrically-powered actuator such that the plunger contacts the body and pushes the door open. The controller then controls the electrically-powered actuator to retract the plunger while the door is open.
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16 Claims
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1. A vehicle comprising:
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a body; a handleless door movably mounted to the body and having a powered latch and an electrically-powered actuator that extends and retracts a plunger transversely from an inner side of the door; a controller that is configured to;
1) unlatch the powered latch,
2) actuate the electrically-powered actuator whereby the plunger contacts the body and pushes the door open, followed by
3) actuating the electrically-powered actuator to retract the plunger. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of opening a door of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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providing a vehicle including a body, a handleless door movably mounted to the body and having a powered latch and an electrically-powered actuator that extends and retracts a plunger transversely from an inner side of the door, and a controller that is configured to;
1) unlatch the powered latch,
2) actuate the electrically-powered actuator whereby the plunger contacts the body and pushes the door open, followed by
3) actuating the electrically-powered actuator to retract the plunger;causing the powered door latch to unlatch; causing the electrically-powered actuator to actuate and extend the plunger transversely from an inner side of the door such that the plunger pushes on the body of the vehicle and partially opens the door to form a gap between an edge of the door and the body of the vehicle; inserting a portion of a hand into the gap and pulling on the door to move the door further open; causing the electrically-powered actuator on the door to actuate and retract the plunger while the door is open. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A vehicle comprising:
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a body and a handleless door pivotably mounted thereto; a powered latch and an electrically-powered actuator; a controller configured to unlatch the powered latch and actuate the electrically-powered actuator to extend a plunger transversely from an inner side of the door towards an interior of the body to contact the body and push the door open, then actuate the electrically-powered actuator to retract the plunger. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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