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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Dennis Yee, Milford, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 3/02 (2006.01); B60D 1/01 (2006.01); B62D 33/027 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 3/02 (2013.01); B60D 1/01 (2013.01); B62D 33/0273 (2013.01);
Abstract
Deployable step systems for accessing vehicle cargo spaces on vehicles equipped with a tailgate assembly having a door subassembly may include a bumper integrated step pad that is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. In the stowed position, the step pad establishes a portion of the bumper, and in the deployed position, the step pad is rearward and vertically lowered relative to the bumper.