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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael Duane Wallace, Chesterfield, MI (US);
Bernard D. Nefcy, Novi, MI (US);
Marvin Paul Kraska, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 5/04 (2006.01); A61G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/003 (2013.01); B60R 5/041 (2013.01); A61G 21/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A powered sliding platform assembly may include an actuator, a platform, and a controller. The platform may have a rail defining first and second openings configured to receive a pin of an actuator. The actuator and the rail may be arranged such that while the platform moves between extended and retracted positions, the pin rides along the rail between the openings. The controller may be programmed to, in response to a signal indicative of an object being proximate the platform, inhibit movement of the platform.