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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
David T. Patrick, Canton, MI (US);
Steve Mayes, Wayne, MI (US);
Mark McCarthy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Philip D. LaPenna, Waterford, MI (US);
Logan Kluge, Muncie, MI (US);
Paul Alan Hellebuyck, South Lyon, MI (US);
Thomas Matthew Lewis, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Alfred Jacob Glauser, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Deaborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 13/01 (2006.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/30 (2006.01); B60N 2/36 (2006.01); B60R 5/04 (2006.01); B60J 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 13/0243 (2013.01); B60N 2/3075 (2013.01); B60N 2/36 (2013.01); B60R 13/011 (2013.01); B60J 5/101 (2013.01); B60R 5/047 (2013.01);
Abstract
A scuff plate for a vehicle includes a sloped front side in physical contact with a cargo-area floor panel. The cargo-area floor panel can have a slope angle greater than zero in a downward direction and the sloped front side can have a ramp angle at least equal to the slope angle in an upward direction.