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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Juyoung Lee, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Marwan Ahmad Elbkaily, Canton, MI (US);
Gururaj Aralikatti, Farmington, MI (US);
George David Aucott, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 13/02 (2006.01); B60R 21/04 (2006.01); B60N 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 13/025 (2013.01); B60N 3/026 (2013.01); B60R 21/04 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0435 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle trim panel assembly includes a pillar trim panel, a grab handle extending from the pillar trim panel defining a corner between the pillar trim panel and the grab handle, and a ramp at the corner. The ramp is fixed relative to the pillar trim panel and the grab handle at the corner. The ramp is deformable relative to the grab handle.