Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Brian Pietila

Zhibing Deng

Linh Ngoc Doan

Bhavani Thota

Li Lu

Michael G Orlowsky

Herbert Yang

Yi Yang Tay

Banyuga Pefok

An armrest assembly includes a body outlining a crushable space. The body includes a first deformation initiating feature, a second deformation initiating feature, a deformation propagating feature and a fracture initiating feature provided at spaced locations around the crushable space. The features function to dissipate energy in the event of a side impact and therefore force or load that might be transmitted to a motor vehicle occupant as a result of a side impact.

Armrest assembly with engineered lateral bending stiffness

An apparatus comprises a vehicle door closeout panel. The closeout panel comprises a pelvis bolster having a plurality of load points. Each load point is determined based on a respective one of a plurality of vehicle seat track positions and is configured to receive a respective load determined according to the seat track position by which the load point was determined.

Tunable crash bolster

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Brian Pietila