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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2004
Anthony P. Voegeli, Jr., Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Rosanne Knox, Troy, MI (US);
Martin Thompson, Seymour, IN (US);
Anthony P. Voegeli, Jr., Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Rosanne Knox, Troy, MI (US);
Martin Thompson, Seymour, IN (US);
Dura Global Technologies, LLC., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle tire carrier includes a housing having an aperture. A drive shaft is rotatably secured to the housing. A spool is positioned in the housing and is rotatably driven by the drive shaft. A flexible elongate member has a first end secured to the spool, is wound about the spool, and extends through the aperture in the housing. A wheel plate is secured to a second end of the elongate member and is configured to support a motor vehicle tire. A crash plate is secured to the housing and has an aperture through which the elongate member extends, with the housing being secured to the crash plate. A guide member on the crash plate has an arcuate surface about which the elongate member will bend when the tire carrier is subject to a lateral force.