Automatic mitigation of vehicle wind buffeting
First Claim
1. A vehicle comprising:
- a body defining a vehicle interior;
a plurality of doors attached to the body and providing access to the vehicle interior;
a plurality of windows, including a front window and a rear window, each of which is disposed in a respective one of the doors;
a plurality of window actuators, each of which is operable for translating a respective one of the windows anywhere between and inclusive of a fully-opened and a fully-closed position;
a set of sensors, including a speed sensor operable for determining a speed of the vehicle and a plurality of window position sensors each operable for detecting a position of a respective one of the windows; and
a controller programmed to receive input signals from the set of sensors, including the speed of the vehicle and the detected position from each of the window position sensors, and to transmit a control signal, above a calibrated threshold vehicle speed, to the window actuator of the rear window to cause the rear window to translate to a predetermined partially-opened position when the window position sensors detect that the front window is open, and to the window actuator of the front window to translate the front window to the predetermined partially-opened position when the position sensors detect that the rear window is open, and to thereby automatically mitigate effects of wind buffeting in the vehicle interior.
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a body defining a vehicle interior, doors attached to the body and providing access to the vehicle interior, windows, sensors, and a controller. The windows are disposed in a respective one of the doors, and each includes a window actuator. The sensors include a speed sensor operable for determining a speed of the vehicle and position sensors each operable for detecting a position of a respective one of the windows. The controller programmed to execute a method by receiving input signals from the set of sensors, including the speed of the vehicle and the detected position from each of the position sensors, and transmitting a control signal to at least one of the window actuators to cause one of the windows to move to a predetermined partially-opened position above a calibrated threshold vehicle speed. This action automatically mitigates effects of wind buffeting in the vehicle interior.
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14 Claims
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1. A vehicle comprising:
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a body defining a vehicle interior; a plurality of doors attached to the body and providing access to the vehicle interior; a plurality of windows, including a front window and a rear window, each of which is disposed in a respective one of the doors; a plurality of window actuators, each of which is operable for translating a respective one of the windows anywhere between and inclusive of a fully-opened and a fully-closed position; a set of sensors, including a speed sensor operable for determining a speed of the vehicle and a plurality of window position sensors each operable for detecting a position of a respective one of the windows; and a controller programmed to receive input signals from the set of sensors, including the speed of the vehicle and the detected position from each of the window position sensors, and to transmit a control signal, above a calibrated threshold vehicle speed, to the window actuator of the rear window to cause the rear window to translate to a predetermined partially-opened position when the window position sensors detect that the front window is open, and to the window actuator of the front window to translate the front window to the predetermined partially-opened position when the position sensors detect that the rear window is open, and to thereby automatically mitigate effects of wind buffeting in the vehicle interior. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for automatically mitigating effects of wind buffeting in a vehicle interior of a vehicle having windows, the method comprising:
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receiving, via a controller, input signals from a set of sensors, including a speed of the vehicle from a vehicle speed sensor and detected positions of the windows from a set of window position sensors; transmitting a control signal via the controller, when the detected speed is above a calibrated threshold vehicle speed and one of the windows is open a calibrated amount, to a window actuator of a predetermined one of the windows to thereby cause the predetermined window to move to a calibrated partially-opened position, and to thereby automatically mitigate the effects of wind buffeting; and translating the predetermined window to a fully-closed position when the speed of the vehicle slows below the calibrated threshold vehicle speed for a calibrated duration. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A vehicle comprising:
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a body defining a vehicle interior; a road wheel; a plurality of doors attached to the body and providing access to the vehicle interior; a plurality of windows, each of which is disposed in a respective one of the doors, and each of which includes a window actuator, wherein the plurality of windows includes a front window and a rear window; a plurality of window actuators, each of which is operable for translating a respective one of the windows with respect to a respective one of the doors anywhere between and inclusive of a fully-opened and a fully-closed position; a set of sensors, including a wheel speed sensor positioned with respect to the road wheel and operable for determining a speed of the vehicle, and a plurality of window position sensors each operable for detecting a position of a respective one of the windows; and a controller programmed to receive input signals from the set of sensors, including the speed of the vehicle and the detected position from each of the position sensors, and to transmit a control signal to the window actuator of the rear window to lower the rear window by at least 30 mm when the speed of the vehicle exceeds 30 MPH and the position sensor for the front window detects that the front window is open, and to the window actuator for the front window to thereby lower the front window by a calibrated amount of travel of at least 30 mm when the position sensors detect that the rear window is open for a calibrated duration. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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