US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on June 2 for "Systems for accessing cargo spaces on vehicles equipped with a tailgate assembly that includes a door subassembly" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,479, issued on June 2, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Systems for accessing cargo spaces on vehicles equipped with a tailgate assembly that includes a door subassembly" was invented by David Brian Glickman (Southfield, Mich.), Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), Nadia Preston (Tecumseh, Canada), Dennis Yee (Milford, Mich.) and Joshua Robert Hemphill (White Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicle systems for accessing and utilizing vehicle cargo spaces on vehicles equipped with a tailgate assembly having a door subassembly may include deployable step systems, deployable lift panel systems,...