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US 12,679,286 B2Granted
Vehicle panel and viewing screen
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Omar Valdez, Mark Joseph Courtright, Brendan Diamond, Heath W. Hilliard, Jason Daniel Falenski
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Abstract
A method and apparatus includes a vehicle panel that is moveable between a closed position and an open position and a viewing screen that is supported relative to an inner surface of the vehicle panel. The viewing screen is moveable between an internal viewing position and an external viewing position when the vehicle panel is in the open position.
Claims26
An apparatus comprising:
- a vehicle panel moveable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the vehicle panel has an external surface and an internal surface;
- and
- a viewing screen supported relative to an inner surface of the vehicle panel, wherein the viewing screen is moveable between an internal viewing position and an external viewing position when the vehicle panel is in the open position, and wherein the viewing screen faces the internal surface of the vehicle panel when the vehicle panel is in the closed position.
A method comprising:
- moving a vehicle panel between a closed position and an open position, wherein the vehicle panel has an external surface and an internal surface;
- supporting a viewing screen relative to an inner surface of the vehicle panel;
- selectively moving the viewing screen between an internal viewing position and an external viewing position when the vehicle panel is in the open position;
- and
- positioning the viewing screen to face the internal surface of the vehicle panel when the vehicle panel is in the closed position.
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