US 11,851,026 B2
Battery access flip step
Jordan Michael Fisher, Seattle, WA (US); Jon David Polzin, Kenmore, WA (US); Piotr Stegawski, Kirkland, WA (US); and Nicholas Coe Outlaw, Auburn, WA (US)
Assigned to PACCAR Inc, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by PACCAR Inc, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/107,739.
Prior Publication US 2022/0169180 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 3/02 (2006.01); B62D 33/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 3/02 (2013.01) [B62D 33/06 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a compartment;
a cab step including:
a first riser portion;
a second riser portion being spaced apart from the first riser portion;
a first tread portion having a first side positioned adjacent to the first riser portion and a second side positioned between the first riser portion and the second riser portion, the second side being opposite the first side;
an opening being directly adjacent to the first tread portion and the second riser portion, the opening overlapping the compartment;
a third tread portion adjacent to a third side of the first tread portion, the third side being transverse the first side and the second side;
a fourth tread portion adjacent to a fourth side of the first tread portion, the fourth side being transverse to the first side and the second side, the fourth side being opposite to the third side;
a first slot between the first tread portion and the third tread portion; and
a second slot between the first tread portion and the fourth tread portion; and
an access panel being hingedly coupled to the cab step and rotatable in an outward direction away from an interior of the vehicle from a closed position to an opened position, the access panel including:
a second tread portion being directly adjacent to the first tread portion when the access panel is in the closed position; and
a third riser portion being directly adjacent to the second riser portion when the access panel is in the closed position.