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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Shekar Prabhakar Erasala, Northville, MI (US);
Sino Johan Van Dyk, Plymouth, MI (US);
Abdelmonaam Sassi, Windsor, CA;
Joseph E. Abramczyk, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jamil M. Alwan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle body including a front pillar and a rear pillar spaced from the front pillar. The vehicle body includes a rocker extending from the front pillar to the rear pillar. The vehicle includes a step bar supported by the rocker. The step bar extends from a first end aligned with the front pillar to a second end aligned with the rear pillar. The step bar is movable between a raised position and a lowered position. In the raised position, the step bar overlaps the rocker in a vehicle-outboard direction. The step bar extends upwardly above the rocker.