Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Matthew Schwope

Johnathan Andrew Line

Macit Aktas

Joseph Michael Kish

Joshua Gauthier

Robert Clayton Caldwell

Glenn Scott

Cung K Chieu

Changwei Xie

Alan George Dry

Ray Kurlonko

Eric Morse

Arya Sabeti

A track system includes a track member with an elongate shaft mounted thereto. At least one support mechanism is mounted to the track member. The at least one support mechanism includes a housing. An engagement feature includes first and second engagement members spaced-apart from one another to define a receiving area therebetween. The first and second engagement members are operable between deployed and retracted positions relative to the housing. The elongate shaft is received in the receiving area when the first and second engagement members are in the deployed position.

Support mechanism for a track system

A rail assembly includes a track assembly defining an interior channel, a shuttle assembly received within the interior channel, and a carriage assembly coupled to the track assembly. The shuttle assembly includes a lock assembly. The carriage assembly includes a trigger assembly. The trigger assembly includes a trigger cam and an actuator cam coupled to the trigger cam. The actuator cam actuates the carriage assembly between locked and unlocked configurations relative to the track assembly.

Rail assembly for a vehicle

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