US 12,330,571 B2
Rock rail assembly
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US); David Brian Glickman, Southfield, MI (US); Paul Kenneth Dellock, Northville, MI (US); Dennis Yee, Milford, MI (US); Aaron Peter Klop, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US); and Satvinder Singh Matharu, Tecumseh (CA)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/060,345.
Prior Publication US 2024/0174190 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 19/42 (2006.01); B60R 3/00 (2006.01); B60R 3/02 (2006.01); B60R 19/18 (2006.01); B60R 19/38 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 19/42 (2013.01) [B60R 3/002 (2013.01); B60R 3/02 (2013.01); B60R 19/18 (2013.01); B60R 19/38 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1806 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rock rail assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
a mounting assembly coupled to the vehicle and comprising a shock absorption pad, wherein the shock absorption pad is the vehicle-laterally-outboardmost portion of the mounting assembly; and
a rail assembly pivotably coupled to the mounting assembly and having a rail, the rail assembly being operable to pivot relative to the mounting assembly to move the rail between a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein, in the stowed position of the rail, a portion of the rail abuts the shock absorption pad.