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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Annette Lynn Huebner, Highland, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Robert Walsh, Novi, MI (US);
Jacob Michael Haspiel, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Joseph Ian Halaszynski, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle assembly includes a cargo bed having a first and a second sidewall. A rail assembly is disposed on the first sidewall. The rail assembly is movable between an extended position and a retracted position relative to the first sidewall. An actuator system raises and lowers the rail assembly to move the rail assembly between the extended position and the retracted position.