US 11,701,950 B2
Slidable vehicle crossbar and operating method
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US); William Wurz, San Francisco, CA (US); David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US); Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US); and Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/408,989.
Prior Publication US 2023/0055433 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60J 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 7/041 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A vehicle assembly, comprising:
a cargo bed of a vehicle;
a passenger side rail mounted to a passenger side wall assembly of the cargo bed;
a driver side rail mounted to a driver side wall assembly of the cargo bed;
a crossbar slidably coupled to the passenger and driver side rails, the crossbar slidable along the passenger and driver side rails between a forward position and a rearward position, the crossbar closer to a cab of the vehicle when the crossbar in the forward position than when the crossbar is in the rearward position;
a control module and an actuator assembly, the control module configured to control the actuator assembly to reposition the crossbar; and
a radar device configured to scan a load to reveal information identifying the vertically highest point of the load.