Magna International Inc.

Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Gary Banasiak

Alexander Zak

Zhijun Zheng

Seetarama S Kotagiri

Sten Burris

Erryn Leigh Ashmore

James Byrne, Ii

Donald R Jones

Weizhang S Xu

John K Catterall

Rajan R Chakravarty

Vesna Savic

Yul Woong Hyun

Arun M Joshi

Dinesh Mahadevan

Ronald Kurtz

A solar tracker and more specifically to a modular support assembly for a solar tracker that allows reduced assembly and transportation costs.

Modular solar support assembly

In one aspect, the invention is directed to a crush can for a vehicle frame including a crush can body having a longitudinal axis and a cross-sectional shape that is at least approximately a 10-sided polygon. In another aspect, the invention is directed to a crush can for a vehicle frame including a crush can body having a longitudinal axis and a cross-sectional shape that includes a plurality of outwardly pointing apexes and a plurality of inwardly pointing apexes.

Scalable crush can for vehicle

A vehicle frame includes first and second lower rails and first and second upper rails operatively interconnected. Cross members horizontally interconnect the lower rails and the upper rails, and stanchions vertically interconnect the upper rails and the lower rails. The frame provides improved stiffness and strength at a reduced mass compared to the prior art.

Three-dimensional vehicle frame

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Troy, MI, United States of America

Gary Banasiak