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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mark Joseph Courtright, Allen Park, MI (US);
Joshua Hemphill, White Lake, MI (US);
James Adam Drozdowski, Canton, MI (US);
John Comiez, Novi, MI (US);
Vincent Chimento, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 7/08 (2006.01); B62D 53/08 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B62D 33/027 (2006.01); B60D 1/06 (2006.01); B62D 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 7/0807 (2013.01); B60D 1/06 (2013.01); B62D 25/209 (2013.01); B62D 25/2054 (2013.01); B62D 33/0222 (2013.01); B62D 33/0273 (2013.01); B62D 53/0807 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reinforcement panel for the floor of a pick-up truck bed. The reinforcement panel is assembled between the floor of the pick-up truck and a fifth wheel cross member. The reinforcement panel includes transversely extending reinforcing or stiffening ribs. The stiffening ribs resist deflection in the area of the gooseneck ball receptacle.