Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Tad J Siedlecki

Dragan B Stojkovic

Stephen Lewis Bruford

Steve William Gallagher

Kelly Michael Kohlstrand

David Arthur Wade

Michael Shawn Watterworth

Christina Dung Nguyen

Rabin Bhojan

Stanley Liu

Ezequiel Alvarez Ruiz

Marius A Mitrofan

Georgette Eaton

Xiang Dong Yu

Kalani Mitchell

J Fritz Cory

A reinforced liftgate is provided for a vehicle. That reinforced liftgate includes an inner panel having a first aperture and a first reinforcing plate having a second aperture. The first reinforcing plate engages the inner panel so that the first and second apertures are aligned. A first ball stud is mounted to the inner panel in the first and second apertures. In one embodiment the liftgate also includes a hinge reinforcement.

Reinforced liftgate for a vehicle

A seal for an automobile body opening comprising a plastic carrier, an elastomeric bulb operably connected to the plastic carrier, and a plastic clip operably connected to, and extending away from, the plastic carrier for engagement to a flange for retaining the seal to the flange.

Two-shot secondary seal with clip

A door latch system for an automotive vehicle uses a push-pull cable linked to a lock cylinder and to a latch to move the latch assembly into the locked position while simultaneously blocking the latch's lock/unlock lever from moving into the unlocked position.

Door latch system for automotive vehicle

A vehicle hood closure control and release system including a hood release mounted to a vehicle frame. The hood release may include a pivotally mounted hood release handle pivotable for unlatching a vehicle hood having a grille mounted thereon. A bumper may be integrally mounted to the hood release for resiliently contacting the grille and preventing slamming of the grille when the vehicle hood is moved from an open to a closed position.

Grille overslam bumper integrated with secondary release handle

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Dearborn, MI, United States of America

Tad J Siedlecki