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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Joseph Prior, Detroit, MI (US);
Marc Beeman, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Joshua Robert Hemphill, White Lake, MI (US);
Raul Ezequiel Alvarez Ruiz, Estado de Mexico, MX;
Francis Raymond Gillis, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Michael Shawn Watterworth, Brighton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle assembly includes a striker of a tailgate assembly, and a door subassembly of the tailgate assembly. The door subassembly has a latch configured to engage the striker to hold the door subassembly in a door closed position. The door subassembly has a notched area that receives the striker when the door subassembly is pivoted from a door open position to a door closed position. A material shield extends into the notched area when the door subassembly is in the door closed position.
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