Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Dean Robert Rife

Travis S Garland

Nancy C Evans

David Lee Jarvis

Mark Beilman

A guard for a vehicle includes a support tube. A pivoting step includes a pivot tube portion movable about the support tube between a stowed position and a deployed position and a step portion. A spring member is disposed between the support tube and pivot tube biasing the pivot tube toward one of the stowed position and deployed position.

Vehicle rocker guard with integrated pivoting storable step

A hood lifter assembly includes an actuator having a piston displaceable between a home position and a hood lifting position. The hood lifter assembly also includes a cover overlying the piston in the home position and protecting the actuator from water exposure. A cowl vent grille and a method of lifting a vehicle hood in response to a pedestrian impact event are also disclosed.

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Shelby Township, MI, United States of America

Dean Robert Rife