Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-10
2006-10-10
Ellis, Christopher P. (Department: 3618)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
C280S163000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07118120
ABSTRACT:
A powered running board assembly has a deck and at least two hinges extending from the deck for mounting longitudinally the deck to an underside of a vehicle. Each hinge has a mounting bracket configured to mount to the underside of the vehicle. A pair of links pivotally extends between the deck and mounting bracket. The deck is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A motor assembly operably engages at least one of the hinges to drive the deck between the retracted and extended positions. The motor assembly extends substantially longitudinally. The motor assembly has a gear train and clutch assembly enabling the motor assembly to drive relative to the deck movement when the deck movement is prevented, and enabling manual deck movement when the motor assembly is not energized.
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Hepner Jason
Lee V-Bond
Piotrowski Zygmunt
Wolf Anthony
Avery Bridget
Clark Hill PLC
Ellis Christopher P.
Magna International Inc.
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