Active vehicle pillar arrangement for selective wind noise, wind throb, snow buildup and moisture control

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10259505
APP PUB NO 20180057065A1
SERIAL NO

15251386

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An apparatus is for use with a pillar adjacent to a vehicle window, such as a windshield. The apparatus includes a molding for positioning adjacent to the pillar, the molding forming a channel in a deployed condition for receiving moisture from the vehicle windshield, or for reducing the effects of wind throb when a single vehicle window is open. An actuator may be associated with the molding for activating a non-deployed condition of the molding for reducing the effects of wind noise. The molding may include a passage for receiving an airflow and transmitting it to an outlet for directing fluid away from the molding, the pillar and adjacent side window. In the deployed condition, the molding may project from a surface of the pillar and in the non-deployed condition may be substantially flush with the surface of the pillar.

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  • FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barnes, Jonathan B Troy, US 3 16
Garland, Travis S Milford, US 8 50
Gulker, William S Beverly Hills, US 7 27
Kanso, Jamal Grosse Ile, US 4 21
Olson, Douglas Richard Canton, US 3 16
Vojtisek, Mark George Royal Oak, US 6 224

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