Automobile with rack in the cargo space

US12280743B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Ilya Popov · Nizhny Novgorod, RU
• Hendrik Berger · Aachen, DE
• Michael Herbert Oelscher · Bergheim, DE
• Andreas Hegerath · Bergheim, DE
• Marcel Grein · Geilenkirchen, DE
• Jeroen Lem · Wittem, NL

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 16, 2022
• Grant date: Apr 22, 2025
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R5/041
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An automobile having a cargo space, a rear door opening for accessing the cargo space and a door pillar which delimits the rear door opening. The vehicle has a rack which in a stowed state is arranged entirely in the cargo space and is at least partially concealed by the door pillar as viewed from outside the automobile in the direction of the vehicle longitudinal axis of the automobile, and in a deployed state is arranged at least partially outside the cargo space. The vehicle has a transfer mechanism to transfer the rack between the stowed state and the deployed state via the rear door opening, wherein the transfer mechanism is configured such that, during a transfer of the rack from the stowed state into the deployed state, the rack moves inward in the direction of the vehicle transverse axis of the automobile.