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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2020
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US);

Diego Eduardo Mendoza Hernández, Mexico City, MX;

Greg Gombert, Canton, MI (US);

Marcela Arana, Plymouth, MI (US);

Peter Joseph Jargowsky, Canton, MI (US);

Sukhwinder Singh Dhindsa, Windsor, CA;

Jeffrey A. Walesch, Canton, MI (US);

Chih-Yu Lin, Canton, MI (US);

Mikolaj Tyksinski, Dearborn, MI (US);

Grant Warr, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

William L. Duncan, Canton, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/00 (2006.01); B62D 43/04 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 43/04 (2013.01); B62D 21/152 (2013.01); B62D 25/20 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0011 (2013.01);
Abstract

Barriers for rear frame mounted spare tires are disclosed. An example vehicle disclosed herein includes a frame including a cross member, a spare tire, a skid plate, and a barrier extending between the skid plate and the cross member, the barrier abutting the spare tire, the barrier including a first surface having a first curvature, the first curvature concave relative to a rear of the vehicle.


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