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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
May. 05, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Joseph Prior, Detroit, MI (US);
Joshua Robert Hemphill, White Lake, MI (US);
Raul Ezequiel Alvarez Ruiz, Estado de Mexico, MX;
Michael Shawn Watterworth, Brighton, MI (US);
Cheryl Ann Engel, Jackson, MI (US);
Dinesh Murali, Chennai, IN;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Deaborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The tailgate assembly method includes presetting a frame subassembly of a tailgate assembly relative to a vehicle structure; and presetting a door subassembly of the tailgate assembly relative to the frame subassembly. The frame subassembly can include a cargo bed access opening between a driver side section and a passenger side section. The door subassembly can be pivotable relative to the frame subassembly back-and-forth between a door open position and a door closed position. The door subassembly closes the cargo bed access opening when the door subassembly is in the door closed position.