Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Forrest W Eddings

Dragan B Stojkovic

Colleen Hoffman

Ted Victor Kolar

Sean Dietrich

A roof rail assembly for a motor vehicle having an open frame vehicle architecture includes a side air curtain fixedly coupled with an elongated hollow sport tube extending along a longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle. The sport tube comprises a two-piece multi-gage tube extending along a longitudinal length of an occupant compartment of the motor vehicle. The side airbag curtain is fixedly coupled with the sport tube, the side airbag curtain having a stowed condition and an inflated condition. An integrated seal carrier is fixedly coupled with the sport tube and extends laterally outboard of the motor vehicle, the integrated seal carrier comprising a removable roof sealing member and a removable door window seal, wherein the removable roof sealing member and a removable door window seal are independent of one another.

Open frame vehicle multifunctional sport tube

A securing and opening system for a vehicle includes, among other things, a structural metallic member of a vehicle, and a bottle opener provided by an opening in the structural metallic member.

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Taylor, MI, United States of America

Forrest W Eddings