Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pickup truck cargo box E-coat trough
- Patent Title (中): 皮卡车货箱E-coat槽
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Application No.: US14314666Application Date: 2014-06-25
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Publication No.: US09102287B1Publication Date: 2015-08-11
- Inventor: Mark Joseph Courtright , Vincent Chimento , Eric MacDonald , Elizabeth Theeck
- Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Raymond L. Coppiellie
- Main IPC: B60R13/07
- IPC: B60R13/07 ; B62D33/02 ; B62D29/00

Abstract:
A pickup truck including a cargo box having a truck bed and a rear sill adjacent the rear of the truck bed. The sill attaches beneath the truck bed. The sill includes a drain trough on its upper surface facing the underside of the truck bed. The drain trough includes a groove extending along the length of the sill. A plurality of apertures is formed in the sill within the groove. The apertures are formed toward an inner surface of a side panel of the sill. The drain trough irrigates liquid (e.g., e-coating paint) that resides between the truck bed and the sill to collect in the groove and exit the groove via the apertures, enabling the liquid to drain down the inner surface instead of an exterior visible surface of the sill.
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