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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Paul Jonathan Alexander Wraith, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Robert J. Gelardi, Plymouth, MI (US);
Ryan A. Olsson, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
William James Mangan, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
John Jeffrey Pfeiffer, Saline, MI (US);
Mario Adams-Campos, Ferndale, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An accessory mounting track includes a forward edge, a rearward edge, an upper surface, a lower surface, a first end region with a first end, a second end region with a second end, and an intermediate region positioned between the first and second end regions. A cross-section of the intermediate region includes an angular portion positioned on either side of a planar portion. The planar portion and the angular portions are delineated by an inflection point at a junction between the planar portion and each of the angled portions. A distance between the upper surface and the lower surface at the angular portions decreases as a distance from a centerline of the intermediate region increases. A distance between the forward edge and the rearward edge at the first and second end regions increases as a distance from the intermediate region increases.