POWERED VEHICLE TAILGATE ASSEMBLY HAVING A DOOR

Organization Name

ford global technologies, llc

Inventor(s)

Joshua Robert Hemphill of White Lake MI (US)

Joseph Prior of Detroit MI (US)

Michael Shawn Watterworth of Brighton MI (US)

Raul Ezequiel Alvarez Ruiz of Estado de Mexico (MX)

Adrian Nania of Rochester MI (US)

Amol Borkar of Nagpur (IN)

POWERED VEHICLE TAILGATE ASSEMBLY HAVING A DOOR

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240409166 titled 'POWERED VEHICLE TAILGATE ASSEMBLY HAVING A DOOR

Original Abstract Submitted

a tailgate assembly includes a frame subassembly having a cargo bed access opening disposed between a driver side section and a passenger side section, and a door subassembly that is pivotably coupled to the frame subassembly. the door subassembly is pivotable relative to the frame subassembly back-and-forth between a door open position and a door closed position. the door subassembly closes the cargo bed access opening when the door subassembly is in the door closed position. the tailgate assembly further includes an actuator system that can pivot the door subassembly and the frame subassembly together back-and-forth between a tailgate closed position and a tailgate open position.