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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
May. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Matthew Scott Newman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/10 (2006.01); B60P 1/54 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); E05F 15/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/101 (2013.01); B60P 1/54 (2013.01); B60R 11/00 (2013.01); E05F 15/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for loading and deploying cargo from a motor vehicle includes a liftgate, a liftgate drive module to displace the liftgate between a closed position and an opened position, a cargo receiver carried on the liftgate and an actuator to raise and lower cargo with respect to the cargo receiver. Related methods of deploying cargo and loading cargo are also provided.