Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Matthew James Enciso

Marwan Ahmad Elbkaily

Yalla Mussa Abushawashi

Abdelrahim Khal

Andrew Schafer

Jon Maninga

Victoria Marie Devine

A glove box retainer assembly for retaining a glove box in a closed position during a frontal impact event of a vehicle includes an instrument panel of the vehicle and a bin is coupled to the instrument panel. The bin includes a base coupled to a rearward wall, a forward wall, and a side wall positioned between the rearward wall and the forward wall. A plurality of ribs is coupled to the forward wall. A collapsible feature is coupled to the side wall. An arm feature is coupled to the side wall and is defined by a slot feature in the side wall that feature extends from an upper rim of the side wall toward the forward wall. The collapsible feature is configured to collapse and the arm feature is configured to protrude outward from the side wall and engage the instrument panel in response to the application of a sufficient force.

Vehicle glove box bin

A vehicle storage compartment includes a structural skeletal frame and a compressible shell supported on and in contact with back and sides of, and enveloping, the skeletal frame to form an owner's manual bin having interior rear walls partially defined by exposed surfaces of the skeletal frame.

Vehicle storage compartment

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Dearborn Heights, MI, United States of America

Matthew James Enciso