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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jack Marchlewski, Saline, MI (US);
Vincent Anthony Chimento, Plymouth, MI (US);
Dragan B. Stojkovic, Taylor, MI (US);
Joshua Robert Hemphill, White Lake, MI (US);
Robert Reiners, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Jeffrey Gray, Dearborn, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A winch is disclosed for a pick-up bed having a floor, and a front wall. The winch includes a winch motor and spool assembled to the truck body below the floor. An upper pulley is assembled to the front wall with a cable wound around the spool that is extendable and retractable from the spool. The cable is routed over the upper pulley through an opening defined by the front wall. The opening is spaced from the floor to facilitate loading articles into and unloading articles from the truck bed.