Patent ID: 8070205
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: A62B,B01D,G01N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A harness assembly for a vehicle including a vehicle body and a dual-mode tailgate connected to the vehicle body via a dual-action hinge configured to allow the tailgate to be selectively openable in a first, fold-down direction and a second, side-to-side direction, the harness assembly comprising: a protector connected to a frame of the tailgate, the protector having a protector body shaped to conform to a first portion of the tailgate frame having a first contour and a second portion of the tailgate frame having a second differing contour, the protector body including a first section, a second section extending generally perpendicular from the first section and a third section extending from the second section and oriented generally perpendicular to both the first section and the second section, the protector body being configured to route a section of a tailgate harness adjacent an outboard lateral edge of the tailgate frame and pass the section of the tailgate harness under a dual-action hinge.