Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Alfredo Cuevas Vega

Diego Fabricio Villacres Mesias

Robert Ralph Armitage, Jr

Amy Marie Boardman

Hector Hernandez Hernandez

Hector Hernandez

Rafael Lugo Segura

Miguel Angel Velazquez Lopez

A side pillar air curtain guide includes a main body having a ramp receiver and an air curtain ramp insert connected to the main body. The air curtain ramp receiver insert includes a plurality of ribs projecting from the main body at an acute included angle with the main body.

Side pillar air curtain guide with air curtain insert having a plurality of ribs

A side pillar air curtain guide includes a main body having a ramp receiver and an air curtain ramp insert connected to the main body. The air curtain ramp insert is of honeycomb construction.

Side pillar air curtain guide with air curtain insert of honeycomb construction

A rack for supporting an article on a rear hatch of a vehicle includes a bracket mounted to an inner panel of the rear hatch. The rack also includes a hinge having a fixed portion mounted to the bracket and a pivotable portion. A support bar is connected to the pivotable portion and includes an article-receiving member. The support bar is pivotable via the hinge between a stowed position in which the support bar is nested with the rear hatch and a carrying position in which the support bar extends outwardly from the rear hatch allowing an article to be disposed on the article-receiving member.

Vehicle with integrated carrying rack

A side pillar air curtain guide includes a main body having a ramp receiver and an air curtain ramp insert connected to the ramp receiver. The main body is made from a first material having a strength Sand a ductility Dwhile the air curtain ramp insert is made from a second material having a strength Sand a ductility Dwhere S&#x3e;Sand D&#x3c;D.

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Santiago Tianguistenco, Mexico

Alfredo Cuevas Vega