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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Clay Wesley Maranville, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
David Anthony Wagner, Northville, MI (US);
John Wayne Jaranson, Dearborn, MI (US);
Richard H. Wykoff, II, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Patrick James Blanchard, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Peter A. Friedman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle tailgate includes a frame, pair of hinges, inner tailgate panel, and outer tailgate panel. The frame has a first outer side-member and a second outer side-member. Each of the outer side-members is secured to ends of a lower outer cross-member. The outer side-members each have an internal surface and an external surface. The internal surfaces define T-slots. One of the pair of hinges is secured to each external surface of the outer side-members. The inner and outer tailgate panels are secured to opposing outer sides of the frame such that the external surfaces of the outer side-members remain exposed.