公开(公告)号：US20240425000A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-26

申请号：US18338505

申请日：2023-06-21

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Douglas Christian Lipp ,  Joseph Prior ,  Joshua Robert Hemphill ,  Raul Ezequiel Alvarez Ruiz ,  Michael Shawn Watterworth

IPC: B60R16/02 ,  B60J5/10 ,  B62D33/027 ,  B62D33/03 ,  E05D5/06 ,  E05D11/00 ,  H02G1/08

Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a hinge and a wire shield assembly mounted to the hinge. A method of shielding a wire can include providing a tailgate assembly that includes a door subassembly pivotably coupled to a frame subassembly. The door subassembly and the frame subassembly can be pivotable together between a tailgate closed position and a tailgate open position. The method can include pivoting the door subassembly relative to the frame subassembly to provide a cargo bed access opening; and electrically connecting the door subassembly using a wire routed through a wire shield assembly.