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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Alyssa Chatten, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Erick M. Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US);
John R. Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 9/045 (2006.01); B60S 1/66 (2006.01); B08B 1/00 (2006.01); B08B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 1/66 (2013.01); B08B 1/001 (2013.01); B08B 7/0071 (2013.01); B60R 9/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A roof-rack for a vehicle and method of operation where the siderails and the crossbars are both automatically movable via a control circuit to clear snow from a vehicle roof.