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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mohammad Omar Faruque, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
S.M. Iskander Farooq, Novi, MI (US);
Dean M. Jaradi, Macomb, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle body having a wheel well. The vehicle includes a linear actuator supported by the vehicle body vehicle-rearward of the wheel well. The vehicle includes a first member extending between a first end and a second end, the first end pivotally connected to the vehicle body. The vehicle includes a second member extending between a first end and a second end, the first end of the second member pivotally connected to the second end of the first member, the second end of the second member connected to the linear actuator. The linear actuator, the first member, and the second member movable from a stowed position toward the wheel well to a deployed position.