发明名称 |
Roll cover assembly |
摘要 |
A roll cover assembly for covering a cargo space of a vehicle includes a cassette housing an extendable/retractable roll cover, a first receptacle adjacent a first side wall of the cargo space and having a channel configured to slidably guide a first end of the cassette during insertion or removal, a second receptacle adjacent a second side wall of the cargo space and having an opening configured to receive a second end of the cassette and permit pivoting of the cassette about the second end during removal of the first end from the first receptacle, a locking mechanism releasably locking the first end of the cassette into the first receptacle, and a release device actuatable to release the locking mechanism by pulling along a line-of-action parallel with a direction in which the first end of the cassette moves during removal from the first receptacle. |
申请公布号 |
US9573527(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2017.02.21 |
申请号 |
US201514602614 |
申请日期 |
2015.01.22 |
申请人 |
Ford Global Technologies, LLC |
发明人 |
Murray Andrew John;Craven Richard;Berry Daniel;Neugebauer James |
分类号 |
B60R5/04 |
主分类号 |
B60R5/04 |
代理机构 |
Brooks Kushman P.C. |
代理人 |
Chea Vichit;Brooks Kushman P.C. |
主权项 |
1. An assembly comprising:
a cassette for a roll cover extendable to cover a vehicle cargo space and having an end removably engageable with a receptacle of the vehicle adjacent the cargo space; and a rack-and-pinion locking mechanism retaining the end in the receptacle and releasable by pulling a handle to withdraw a latching member from engagement with a recess provided in the receptacle, the handle connected to a rotatable carrier connected to the pinion with a common axis of rotation, and the handle connected to the carrier at a point with a distance from the common axis that is greater than a radius of the pinion at an interface with a rack of the rack-and-pinion mechanism. |
地址 |
Dearborn MI US |