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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Leszek Derbis, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 3/02 (2006.01); B60R 3/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 3/02 (2013.01); B60R 3/002 (2013.01); B60R 16/005 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/412 (2013.01); G05D 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A powered running board assembly includes a running board and an actuator to displace the running board between a stowed position and a deployed position. That actuator includes a housing and a telescoping arm oriented along a first axis oblique to the running board. A related method of operating a running board is also disclosed.