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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
May. 19, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Patrick J. Reed, Livonia, MI (US);
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Harry Lobo, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle running board assembly includes, among other things, a reinforcing insert, and a beam that is extruded over the reinforcing insert. A step pad is extruded over the beam. A vehicle running board manufacturing method according to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, extruding a beam over a reinforcing insert, extruding a step pad over the beam, and cutting the beam, the reinforcing insert, and the step pad to provide the running board.