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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Michael Musleh, Canton, MI (US);
Talat Karmo, Waterford, MI (US);
David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US);
Harry Lobo, Canton, MI (US);
Joseph Myszka, Livonia, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle running board includes opposing vertical walls extending along a length of a tubular structure and including a carbon-fiber component. Opposing horizontal walls extend between the opposing vertical walls and include a glass component. The opposing vertical and opposing horizontal walls form the tubular structure having a generally rectilinear cross section. A polymer outer covering extends over the opposing vertical and opposing horizontal walls.