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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 17, 2023
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Vincent A. Chimento, Plymouth, MI (US);

Shawn Michael Morgans, Chelsea, MI (US);

Jack Marchlewski, Smithville, MO (US);

David Alan Hamilton, Howell, MI (US);

Michael M. Azzouz, Farmington, MI (US);

Jay John Meyer, Howell, MI (US);

Scott Nydam, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 33/03 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 33/027 (2006.01); B62D 33/037 (2006.01); B62D 65/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 65/024 (2013.01); B62D 27/026 (2013.01); B62D 33/0273 (2013.01); B62D 33/03 (2013.01); B62D 33/037 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method may secure a tailgate panel to a panel-carrying frame. A method may after securing the tailgate panel to the panel-carrying frame, secure a component-carrying frame to the panel-carrying frame. A method may after securing the component-carrying frame to the panel-carrying frame, secure one or more tailgate components to the component-carrying frame.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Chimento, Vincent. (2026). Vehicle tailgate system (U.S. Patent No. 12662209). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12662209

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