Fca US LLC

United States Council for Automotive Research

Leland L Decker

Elisabeth Jane Berger

Frederick F Bender

Mark Doroudian

James Truskin

Praveen Pasupuleti

Dale Armstrong

Ramesh Dwarmpudi

An accessory configured to be secured within a stake pocket formed in a sidewall of a bed of a vehicle. The stake pocket includes an opening formed in an upper wall of the sidewall configured for receipt of the accessory, a first aperture that is not accessible from the bed, and a second aperture that is accessible from the bed. The accessory includes a locking mechanism that is configured to secure the accessory to either the first aperture or the second aperture.

Stake pocket accessories having a locking mechanism

A front bumper beam and crush can (FBCC) system is provided for a vehicle. A bumper beam has an interior surface with a plurality of ribs extending therefrom. The ribs and the interior surface are made of a chopped fiber composite and cooperate to engage a crush can. The chopped fiber composite reinforces the engaging surfaces of the crush can and the interior surface of the bumper beam. The crush can has a tubular body made of a continuous fiber composite. The crush can has outwardly-extending flanges at an end spaced away from the bumper beam. The flanges are at least partially provided with a layer of chopped fiber composite to reinforce a joint between the outwardly-extending flange and the vehicle frame.

Joining and reinforcing a composite bumper beam and a composite crush can for a vehicle

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Sterling Heights, MI, United States of America

Leland L Decker