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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2019
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Steven Daniel Rhodes, Marysville, OH (US);
Christopher T. Laue, Delaware, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 33/027 (2006.01); B60J 5/10 (2006.01); E05D 15/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 33/0273 (2013.01); E05D 15/52 (2013.01); B60J 5/102 (2013.01); B60J 5/105 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/516 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/544 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tailgate assembly mounted along an open edge of a vehicle's load carrying bed includes a frame having a first or proximal lateral side adapted to be hingedly connected for opening in a swing open mode and a second or distal lateral side oppositely positioned relative to the first lateral side. The tailgate assembly further includes a reinforcement frame component overlaid onto the frame at the first lateral side to increase torsional stiffness at or near the first lateral side.