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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Joshua Robert Hemphill, White Lake, MI (US);
Joseph Prior, Detroit, MI (US);
Michael Shawn Watterworth, Brighton, MI (US);
Raul Ezequiel Alvarez Ruiz, Estado de Mexico, MX;
Adrian Nania, Rochester, MI (US);
Amol Borkar, Nagpur, IN;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A tailgate assembly includes a frame subassembly having a cargo bed access opening disposed between a driver side section and a passenger side section, and a door subassembly that is pivotably coupled to the frame subassembly. The door subassembly is 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. The tailgate assembly further includes an actuator system that can pivot the door subassembly and the frame subassembly together back-and-forth between a tailgate closed position and a tailgate open position.