# US 11,027,628 B2 · Vehicle having rail-mounted components > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,027,628 B2 - Document ID: US11027628B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/401,495 - Filed: 2019-05-02 - Published: 2020-11-05 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-05-02 - Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Inventors: Alan George Dry; Johnathan Andrew Line - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11027628B2 ## CPC - B60N 2/0722: {Constructive details} - E05F 15/632: for horizontally-sliding wings - B60J 5/06: slidable; foldable - B60N 2/0264: {characterised by the type of electrical connection, e.g. wiring, plugs or USB} - B60N 2/072: {Complex cross-section, e.g. obtained by extrusion} - B60P 1/6481: {Specially adapted for carrying different numbers of container or containers of different sizes} - B60P 1/649: {Guiding means for the load-transporting element} - B60P 3/007: {for delivery of small articles, e.g. milk, frozen articles} - B60P 7/0815: {Attachment rails or trellis} - E05D 15/0652: {Tracks (E05D15/063 - E05D15/0647 and E05D15/0656 take precedence)} - E05D 15/0686: {Tracks (E05D15/0665 - E05D15/0682 and E05D15/0691 take precedence)} - E05F 15/655: specially adapted for vehicle wings - E05G 1/08: secured individually - E05G 7/001: {Bank depositories (automatic safe-deposit box systems E05G1/06)} - F16C 29/045: {having rolling elements journaled in one of the moving parts} - A47G 29/141: {comprising electronically controlled locking means} - A47G 2029/147: {the receptacle comprising heating or cooling means} - A47G 2029/149: {with central server link} - E05F 2017/005: {for sliding wings} - E05Y 2201/684: Rails; Tracks - E05Y 2400/415: for multiple wings - E05Y 2400/822: Light emitters, e.g. light emitting diodes [LED] - E05Y 2800/106: Lighting - E05Y 2800/426: against unauthorised use, e.g. keys - E05Y 2900/50: for vehicles - E05Y 2900/531: Doors - F16C 2326/08: Vehicle seats, e.g. in linear movable seats - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - E05F: DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING - B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05) - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) - E05D: HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS (pivotal connections in general F16C11/00) - E05G: SAFES OR STRONG-ROOMS FOR VALUABLES; BANK PROTECTION DEVICES; SAFETY TRANSACTION PARTITIONS ({devices to prevent theft of bags, trunks or baskets A45C13/18;} alarm arrangements per se G08B) - F16C: SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS - A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B) - E05Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the one or more rail assemblies are installed in at least one of a floor and a ceiling of the cabin. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, further comprising: a storage unit coupled to one or more of the one or more carriage structures such that actuation of the associated one or more of the one or more carriage structures along the one or more rail assemblies results in actuation of the storage unit within the cabin. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The vehicle of claim 3, wherein the storage unit comprises a plurality of storage compartments. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of storage units independently coupled to one or more of the one or more rail assemblies. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The vehicle of claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of storage units is coupled to an associated one of the one or more carriage structures. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The vehicle of claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of storage units is coupled to a plurality of the carriage structures, and wherein each of the carriage structures is positioned on a separate one of the one or more rail assemblies. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The vehicle of claim 5, wherein at least one of the plurality of storage units is capable of being actuated along the one or more rail assemblies by a tractor assembly. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, further comprising: a first external channel defined by the first lateral side of the rail assembly; and a carriage power conductor received within the first external channel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The vehicle of claim 9, further comprising: a second external channel defined by the second lateral side of the rail assembly; and a carriage data conductor received within the second external channel. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, further comprising: a first interior channel defined by the first lateral side of the rail assembly and positioned within the interior aperture; and a tractor power conductor received within the first interior channel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The vehicle of claim 11, further comprising: a second interior channel defined by the second lateral side of the rail assembly and positioned within the interior aperture; and a tractor data conductor received within the second interior channel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The vehicle of claim 12, further comprising: a tractor assembly that movably couples with the rail assembly within the interior aperture. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The vehicle of claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of access doors on at least one side of the vehicle such that the cabin of the vehicle can be accessed by a user. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The vehicle of claim 14, wherein the plurality of access doors comprise three individual access doors that are selectively actuated to grant access to a front portion, a middle portion, or a rear portion of the cabin. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The vehicle of claim 15, wherein the individual access doors are horizontally offset from adjacent others of the individual access doors such that actuation of one of the individual access doors results in adjacent individual access doors overlapping with one another. ### Claim 17 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. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The vehicle of claim 17, further comprising: a first interior channel defined by the first lateral side of the rail assembly and positioned within the interior aperture; and a tractor power conductor received within the first interior channel. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The vehicle of claim 18, further comprising: a second interior channel defined by the second lateral side of the rail assembly and positioned within the interior aperture; and a tractor data conductor received within the second interior channel. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The vehicle of claim 19, further comprising: a tractor assembly that movably couples with the rail assembly within the interior aperture, wherein the tractor assembly indirectly couples with rail-mounted components to actuate the rail-mounted components along the rail assembly.