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US 10,589,692 B2Granted
Lockable roof accessory mounting interface
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJack Marchlewski, Dragan B. Stojkovic, Joshua Robert Hemphill, Robert Reiners, Jeffrey Gray
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Abstract
A disclosed accessory mount for a vehicle includes a housing with openings, at least one bearing, a lock cylinder movable within the housing and holding the at least one bearing in a locked position extending through the openings and a released position where the at least one bearing is not held within the openings, and a mount including a groove receiving the at least one bearing in the locked position.
Claims16
An accessory mount for a vehicle comprising:
- a housing including openings and a flange;
- at least one bearing;
- a lock cylinder movable within the housing and holding the at least one bearing in a locked position extending through the openings and a released position wherein the at least one bearing is not held within the openings;
- a lever coupled to the lock cylinder and disposed within the housing, wherein the lock cylinder is held in the locked position when the lever engages the flange of the housing;
- and
- a mount including a groove receiving the at least one bearing in the locked position.
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A roof accessory for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a housing including openings and a flange;
- at least one bearing;
- a lock cylinder movable within the housing and holding the at least one bearing in a locked position extending through the openings and a released position wherein the at least one bearing is not held within the openings;
- and
- a lever coupled to the lock cylinder and disposed within the housing, the lever biased toward the flange of the housing by a biasing member, wherein the lock cylinder is held in the locked position when the lever engages the flange and the biasing member biases the lever and the lock cylinder toward the released position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.