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US 11,970,126 B2Granted
Screen deployable across opening in vehicle body
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, Anil Kalra, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
An assembly includes a vehicle body including an opening. A track is supported by the vehicle body and extends along the opening. A screen is supported by the vehicle body and is slideable along the track and across the opening between a retracted position and an extended position. The assembly includes a motor supported by the vehicle body and connected to the screen.
Claims20
An assembly comprising:
- a vehicle body including an opening;
- a first track supported by the vehicle body and extending along the opening;
- a screen supported by the vehicle body and slideable along the first track and across the opening between a retracted position and an extended position;
- a motor supported by the vehicle body and connected to the screen;
- and
- a removeable body panel releasably connected to the vehicle body across the opening.
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A computer comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- determine an absence of a removeable body panel in an opening of a vehicle body of a vehicle;
- and
- extend a screen across the opening in response at least to the determination that the removeable body panel is absent from the opening.
An assembly comprising:
- a vehicle body including an opening;
- a track supported by the vehicle body and extending along the opening;
- the vehicle body including a roof rail, the track being supported by and extending along the roof rail;
- a screen supported by the vehicle body and slideable along the track and across the opening between a retracted position and an extended position;
- and
- a motor supported by the vehicle body and connected to the screen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.