Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-30
2007-10-30
Ellis, Christopher P. (Department: 3618)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
C280S163000, C280S164100
Reexamination Certificate
active
10971588
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 extending between the deck and mounting bracket. The deck is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A linear drive assembly operably engages at least one of the hinges to drive the deck between the retracted and extended positions. The linear drive assembly operably extends between opposite pivots of the pair of links. As the drive extends and retracts, the pair of links is expanded and contracted effecting the desired movement of the running board between inboard and outboard positions.
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Lee V-Bond
Piotrowski Zygmunt
Wolf Anthony
Clark Hill PLC
Ellis Christopher P.
Magna International Inc.
Olszewski John R.
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