Scuff plate for cargo retention

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10065579-B2
Application number	US-201715463317-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 20, 2017
Priority date	Feb 2, 2017
Publication date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018

Abstract

A scuff plate for a vehicle includes a sloped front side in physical contact with a cargo-area floor panel. The cargo-area floor panel can have a slope angle greater than zero in a downward direction and the sloped front side can have a ramp angle at least equal to the slope angle in an upward direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle, comprising:
rear seats movable between a use position and a stowed position;
a closeout panel that extends over the rear seats when the rear seats are placed in the stowed position;
a cargo-area floor panel positioned rearward of the rear seat; and
a ramped scuff plate positioned between the cargo-area floor panel and a liftgate when the liftgate is in a closed position, wherein the ramped scuff plate comprises a sloped front side in physical contact with the cargo-area floor panel.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the closeout panel is a seatback of the rear seat.

3. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the closeout panel has a closeout panel angle in the range of about 0-10 degrees.

4. The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the closeout panel has a closeout panel angle of about 3 degrees.

5. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the cargo-area floor panel has a slope angle of about 0-10 degrees.

6. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the sloped front side has a ramp angle of at least about 15 degrees.

7. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising:
a rear side that defines a rearwardmost portion of the ramped scuff plate, wherein the rear side has a height of at least about 18 mm.

8. The vehicle of claim 7 , further comprising:
a top side that defines an upper extreme of the ramped scuff plate, wherein the top side has a width of less than 20 mm.

9. A vehicle, comprising:
a ramped scuff plate positioned between a cargo-area floor panel and an access door when the access door is in a closed position, wherein the ramped scuff plate comprises a sloped front side rearward of the cargo-area floor panel.

10. The vehicle of claim 9 , further comprising:
a top side that defines an upper extreme of the ramped scuff plate.

11. The vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the cargo-area floor panel has a slope angle of about 0-10 degrees.

12. The vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the sloped front side has a ramp angle of at least about 10 degrees.

13. The vehicle of claim 10 , wherein the top side has a height of at least about 15 mm.

14. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the top side has a width of less than 20 mm.

15. A scuff plate for a vehicle comprising:
a sloped front side having a ramp angle greater than zero in an upward direction, wherein the scuff plate is positioned entirely vehicle forward of, and adjacent to a closed liftgate.

16. The scuff plate for a vehicle of claim 15 , further comprising:
a top side that defines an upper extreme.

17. The scuff plate for a vehicle of claim 16 , wherein the top side operably couples with the sloped front side to form a top side slope angle, and wherein the top side slope angle is in the range of about 0-180 degrees.

18. The scuff plate for a vehicle of claim 15 , further comprising:
a rear side that defines a rearwardmost portion.

19. The scuff plate for a vehicle of claim 18 , wherein the rear side operably couples with the sloped front side to form a rear side slope angle, and wherein the rear side slope angle is in the range of about 0-180 degrees.

20. The scuff plate for a vehicle of claim 15 , wherein the ramp angle is at least about 15 degrees.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Patrick David T
• Mayes Steve
• Mccarthy Mark
• Lapenna Philip D
• Kluge Logan
• Hellebuyck Paul Alan
• Lewis Thomas Matthew
• Glauser Alfred Jacob

Classifications

• B60N2/36

  into a loading platform {(B60N2/065 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60J5/101

  for non-load transporting vehicles, i.e. family cars including vans · CPC title

• B60N2/3075

  stowed in recess (B60N2/3079 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60R13/011

  for internal load compartments, e.g. car trunks · CPC title

• B60R5/047

  collapsible by rolling-up · CPC title