US 11,981,372 B2
Electrical connector for a vehicle
Keith Daugherty, Redford, MI (US); Christopher John Mazur, Canton, MI (US); William J. Kistler, Detroit, MI (US); Christopher Holland, Dearborn, MI (US); Miguel A. Garrido, Ypsilanti, MI (US); and Gabriela De Jesus Grajales, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on May 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/333,693.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379976 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60R 7/08 (2006.01); B60R 16/04 (2006.01); B62D 33/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 33/02 (2013.01) [B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60R 7/08 (2013.01); B60R 16/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a panel that defines an aperture, wherein the panel is at least a portion of a D-pillar of a cargo bed of the vehicle;
a cover operably coupled to the panel and operable between a first condition, wherein the cover conceals the aperture at a vehicle-laterally inboard side of the panel, and a second condition, wherein access to the aperture is provided; and
a first electrical connector coupled to the cover, such that the first electrical connector moves with the cover as the cover moves between the first and second conditions, and movement of the cover from the first condition to the second condition reveals the first electrical connector.