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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Dean Robert Rife, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Travis S. Garland, Milford, MI (US);
Mark Beilman, South Lyon, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 3/02 (2006.01); B60R 19/38 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B60R 9/02 (2006.01); B60R 3/00 (2006.01); B60R 19/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/38 (2013.01); B60R 3/002 (2013.01); B60R 3/02 (2013.01); B60R 9/02 (2013.01); B60R 19/42 (2013.01); B62D 25/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A guard for a vehicle includes a support tube. A pivoting step includes a pivot tube portion movable about the support tube between a stowed position and a deployed position and a step portion. A spring member is disposed between the support tube and pivot tube biasing the pivot tube toward one of the stowed position and deployed position.