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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
S. M. Iskander Farooq, Novi, MI (US);
Saeed David Barbat, Novi, MI (US);
James Chih Cheng, Troy, MI (US);
Srinivasan Sundararajan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mohammad Omar Faruque, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dean M. Jaradi, Macomb, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/38 (2006.01); B60R 21/34 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/38 (2013.01); B60R 21/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a bumper. The vehicle includes a pair of swing arms. The vehicle includes a beam pivotally supported by the swing arms. The vehicle includes a crossmember fixed to the beam and movable from a retracted position toward the bumper to an extended position. The vehicle includes a lock operatively engaging one of the swing arms when the crossmember is in the extended position.