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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Robert Clayton Caldwell, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Cung K. Chieu, Tecumseh, CA;
Joseph Michael Kish, Canton, MI (US);
Macit Aktas, Windsor, CA;
Glenn Scott, Dexter, MI (US);
Ray Kurlonko, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle track assembly includes a conductive rail coupled to the track assembly. The conductive rail includes an electrically insulative substrate and one or more conductive strips attached to the substrate. The vehicle track assembly further includes a track-mounted component electrically coupled to the conductive rail. The track-mounted component includes a cantilevered biasing member and one or more electrical contacts. The cantilevered biasing member biases the one or more electrical contacts toward the one or more conductive strips to maintain an electrical connection between the one or more electrical contacts and the one or more conductive strips as the track-mounted component is moved along the conductive rail.