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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Dragan B. Stojkovic, Taylor, MI (US);
Colleen Marie Hoffman, Canton, MI (US);
Jack Marchlewski, Saline, MI (US);
Joshua Robert Hemphill, White Lake, MI (US);
Ronald M. Lovasz, Allen Park, MI (US);
Mathias A. Huber, Brighton, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle including a passenger compartment having a roof support framework including a pair of roof rails, a header and at least one roof bow. A roof including several rigid removable roof panels is removably assembled to the roof support framework. Pins are removably assembled to the roof rails or to brackets attached to the roof rails that extend through the roof panels. A roof rack or cargo carrier is removably attached to upper ends of the pins and is spaced above the roof panels. A method of assembling a roof rack to a vehicle is also disclosed.