Automated deployable running board
CA 2539356 C · Owner: Watson, Brad E. · Inventors: Watson, Brad E.
Overview
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Running board systems are provided. The running board systems employ a motorized drive system that includes a rack-and-pinion system that enables both linear and rotational movement of the running board member for example, through the use of a pivot member cooperating with one end of the running board member and one end of an arm member. The running board systems are automated and selectively operable to assume deployed and stowed positions. The running board systems can be used in conjunction with various surfaces of a vehicle such as an aesthetically preferred flush style mounting to the rocker outer sheet metal surface such as but not limited to being mounted underneath a side door sill.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed March 10, 2006 and granted April 29, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 10, 2026.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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