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Vehicle cargo box floor-to-sidewall mating configurations

US11292534B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Srinath Vijayakumar · Farmington, US
Vince Anthony Chimento · Plymouth, US
Jeffrey Gray · Dearborn, US
Eric Childers · Detroit, US
Eric Joseph · Nürnberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 18, 2020
Grant date	Apr 5, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 17, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62D33/077
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Exemplary vehicle truck bed assemblies may include a unibody construction. A cargo box of an exemplary truck bed assembly may include at least two different floor-to-side wall mating configurations, and each of the at least two different mating configurations is non-visible from within a cargo space established by the cargo box. In addition, each of the at least two different mating configurations may include a fastener, such as a weld, an adhesive, and/or a bolt, for adjoining adjacent mating surfaces of the cargo box floor and side wall.

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