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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Canton, MI (US);
Muhannad Anwar Hamdan, Canton, MI (US);
Raed Younis, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/40 (2015.01); B62D 33/027 (2006.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01); E05F 15/53 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/40 (2015.01); B60Q 5/005 (2013.01); B62D 33/0273 (2013.01); E05F 15/53 (2015.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01); E05F 2015/767 (2015.01); E05Y 2400/44 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/55 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/546 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pick-up truck includes a pick-up bed, a tailgate connected to the pick-up bed, a motor configured to move the tailgate along a path, a camera, and processors. The processors stop the tailgate while the tailgate is automatically moving in response to detecting, via the camera, any object within the path.