Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Jayanth Kumar Basavalingiah

Jamil M Alwan

Matthew Brian Makowski

Thiag Subbian

Abdelmonaam Sassi

Chelliah Madasamy

Djamal Eddine Midoun

Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk

Jeffrey A Walesch

Scott J Bell

Satish Ganti

Pavan Nagaraj

Richard F Huddleston, Iii

Tanveer Pasha Mahaboob Sab

An assembly includes a subframe, a rocker, a battery cage supported by the rocker, and a battery supported by the battery cage. The assembly includes a reinforcement bolted to the rocker and positioned to be along a load path through the subframe resulting from a vehicle frontal impact.

Vehicle frame assembly

An assembly includes a hinge pillar having an inner member and an outer member. The assembly includes a brace between the inner member and the outer member, the brace having a side portion fixed to the outer member and a front portion fixed to the inner member.

Vehicle hinge pillar assembly

A motor vehicle assembly includes a front end module, a front suspension and a SORB structure connected to the front end module and the front suspension. That SORB structure includes a cross member, a first crush horn, a second crush horn, a first support bracket and a second support bracket.

Motor vehicle assembly incorporating a front end module, a front suspension and a SORB structure

A vehicle frame includes a first frame rail and a second frame rail spaced from each other. A casing is supported by the first frame rail, and elongated in a direction extending away from the second frame rail. The casing is deformable relative to the first frame rail, and houses an electronic component. During a vehicle small offset frontal impact, the casing moves from an initial position to a deflected position, deflecting some of the load of the impact away from backup structures of the vehicle. In the deflected position, the casing may also contact a front portion of a wheel, positioning the front portion of the wheel inboard the frame of the vehicle relative to a rear portion of the wheel, which may minimize the load transferred to the backup structures and/or detach the wheel from the vehicle to minimize the possibility of intrusion into the backup structures.

Vehicle frame including bracket for small offset rigid barrier test

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Jayanth Kumar Basavalingiah