Ford global technologies, llc (20250115308). VEHICLE TAILGATE WITH SHINGLED DOOR SUBASSEMBLY
VEHICLE TAILGATE WITH SHINGLED DOOR SUBASSEMBLY
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Inventor(s)
Joshua Robert Hemphill of White Lake MI US
Raul Ezequiel Alvarez Ruiz of Estado de Mexico MX
Michael Shawn Watterworth of Brighton MI US
VEHICLE TAILGATE WITH SHINGLED DOOR SUBASSEMBLY
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250115308 titled 'VEHICLE TAILGATE WITH SHINGLED DOOR SUBASSEMBLY
Original Abstract Submitted
a vehicle assembly includes a frame subassembly of a tailgate. the frame subassembly has a cargo bed access opening between a first outboard section and a second outboard section. the assembly further includes a door subassembly of the tailgate. the door subassembly 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. when the door subassembly is in the door closed position, the door subassembly closes the cargo bed access opening and is shingled relative to the frame subassembly.