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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jack Marchlewski, Saline, 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);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 77/00 (2014.01); B60R 9/058 (2006.01); E05B 79/04 (2014.01); E05B 79/08 (2014.01); E05B 85/06 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 9/058 (2013.01); E05B 77/00 (2013.01); E05B 79/04 (2013.01); E05B 79/08 (2013.01); E05B 85/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A disclosed accessory mount for a vehicle includes a housing with openings, at least one bearing, a lock cylinder movable within the housing and holding the at least one bearing in a locked position extending through the openings and a released position where the at least one bearing is not held within the openings, and a mount including a groove receiving the at least one bearing in the locked position.