Vehicle having rail-mounted components
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAlan George Dry, Johnathan Andrew Line
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a cabin and a track assembly. The track assembly is coupled to a portion of the cabin. The track assembly includes a rail assembly. The rail assembly defines an interior aperture. The interior aperture is inaccessible from a top side, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side of the rail assembly. The rail assembly defines a first external channel in the first lateral side and a second external channel in the second lateral side. The first and second external channels receive a carriage power conductor and a carriage data conductor, respectively.
Claims20
A vehicle, comprising:
- a cabin;
- and
- a track assembly coupled to a portion of the cabin, the track assembly comprising:
- one or more retention structures;
- one or more carriage structures, each of the one or more carriage structures extending through one of the one or more retention structures to create carriage assemblies;
- and
- one or more rail assemblies that receive the carriage assemblies such that the carriage assemblies slidably couple with the rail assembly, wherein the rail assembly defines an interior aperture, the interior aperture being inaccessible from a top side, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side of the rail assembly.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a cabin;
- and
- a track assembly coupled to a portion of the cabin, the track assembly comprising:
- a rail assembly that defines an interior aperture, the interior aperture being inaccessible from a top side, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side of the rail assembly, wherein the rail assembly defines a first external channel in the first lateral side and a second external channel in the second lateral side, the first and second external channels receiving a carriage power conductor and a carriage data conductor, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.