Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – End gates
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-31
2009-06-16
Pedder, Dennis H (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
End gates
Reexamination Certificate
active
07547055
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle tailgate movement assist mechanism including a tailgate configured to rotate between opened and closed positions and a tailgate lever arm fixedly connected to a bottom area of the tailgate. A drive lever may be pivotally connected at one end thereof to the tailgate lever arm and pivotally connected at an opposite end thereof to a bell crank. The bell crank may be pivotally anchored at one end thereof to a vehicle body. A strut may be pivotally anchored at one end thereof to the vehicle body and pivotally connected at an opposite end thereof to the bell crank. With the mechanism configured as discussed above, rotation of the tailgate from a closed to an opened position simultaneously rotates the tailgate lever arm to impart movement to the drive lever and the bell crank to thereby actuate the strut to reduce an opening speed of the tailgate.
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Brown Gregory
Ford Global Technologies LLC
Pedder Dennis H
Price Heneveld Cooper DeWitt & Litton LLP
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