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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2022
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);
Dennis Yee, Milford, MI (US);
Aaron Peter Klop, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Satvinder Singh Matharu, Tecumseh, CA;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A rock rail assembly for a vehicle includes a mounting structure, an arm mounted to the mounting structure, a motor bracket coupled to the mounting structure, a motor mounted to the motor bracket, a pivot bar pivotably coupled with the mounting structure, a rail coupled with the pivot bar and operable to move between stowed and deployed positions, and a sector gear coupled to the pivot bar. The motor has a shaft that includes a first end, a second end, and a worm gear portion. Operation of the motor drives rotation of the shaft. The sector gear is operably engaged with the worm gear portion of the shaft, such that rotation of the shaft by the motor drives pivotal movement of the pivot bar relative to the mounting structure, causing movement of the rail coupled thereto between the stowed and deployed positions.