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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Srinath Vijayakumar, Farmington, MI (US);
Vince Anthony Chimento, Plymouth, MI (US);
Jeffrey Gray, Dearborn, MI (US);
Eric B. Childers, Detroit, MI (US);
Eric Joseph, Livonia, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Exemplary vehicle truck bed assemblies may include a unibody construction. A cargo box of an exemplary truck bed assembly may include at least two different floor-to-side wall mating configurations, and each of the at least two different mating configurations is non-visible from within a cargo space established by the cargo box. In addition, each of the at least two different mating configurations may include a fastener, such as a weld, an adhesive, and/or a bolt, for adjoining adjacent mating surfaces of the cargo box floor and side wall.