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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Manoharprasad K. Rao, Novi, MI (US);
Hubert Szawarski, Waterford, MI (US);
Mark A. Cuddihy, New Boston, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/00 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B60R 7/04 (2006.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/0412 (2013.01); B60J 5/0469 (2013.01); B60R 7/046 (2013.01); B60R 13/0243 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle door assembly includes a primary door body having a receiver, a removable interior door panel and a retainer. That retainer secures the removable interior door panel to the receiver. A related method of enhancing the ease of ingress and egress from a motor vehicle is also disclosed.