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Method and apparatus for closing a powered closure of a vehicle

  • US 20070027587A1
  • Filed: 07/28/2005
  • Published: 02/01/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of closing a closure of a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:

  • determining if predetermined speed criteria is satisfied, and closing the closure at a first closing speed by use of vehicle power if the predetermined speed criteria is satisfied or at a second closing speed by use of vehicle power if the predetermined speed criteria is not satisfied, the second closing speed being less than the first closing speed regardless of the position of the closure so that a squeezing force applied by the closure to an obstruction remains less than a predetermined squeezing force.

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