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US 12,687,063 B2Granted
Cable driven power tailgate system
AssigneeFca US LLC
InventorSamuel J Matt
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Abstract
A cable driven power tailgate system has at least one cable connected with a truck box for raising and lowering a tailgate of a vehicle. A motor/actuator drives the at least one cable to move the tailgate into a closed position. At least one nut on a spindle, the nut connected with the at least one cable. The spindle rotates in response to the at least one cable movement to move the tailgate into an open position.
Claims6
A tailgate for a vehicle having a cargo box, comprising:
- a tailgate body defining a hollow interior;
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- a cable driven power tailgate system positioned within the hollow interior of the tailgate body, the cable driven power tailgate system including:
- a pair of cables, each of the cables having a first end configured to be attached to the cargo box and an opposite second end;
- a spindle assembly including a spindle and a pair of nuts attached to and configured to move along the spindle, wherein the opposite second end of each of the cables is attached to a respective one of the pair of nuts;
- a circular sleeve that is rotatable in clockwise and counter-clockwise directions, each of the cables being engaged with the circular sleeve;
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- a motor configured to rotate the circular sleeve in the clockwise and counter-clockwise directions,
- wherein rotation of the circular sleeve by the motor moves the cables which moves the nuts along the spindle between a first position where the tailgate body is in a closed position relative to the cargo box and a second position where the tailgate body is in an open position relative to the cargo box.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.