Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Pradeep Borate

Bhimaraddi Venkaraddi Alavandi

Lalitha Gade

Harshavardhan Virinchipuram Kylas

Venkateswaran Ramanarayanan

A structural assembly for a vehicle includes a left frame, a right frame, a cross beam, a bumper structure, and a pair of deflectors. The left frame rail and the right frame rail are spaced apart from each other and extend in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The cross beam extends in a transverse direction and connects the left and right frame rails to each other. The bumper structure extends in the transverse direction and is secured to front ends of the left frame rail and the right frame rail. Each deflector includes a rear end secured to an outboard wall of a respective left and right frame rail and a front end secured to a respective end of the bumper structure. Each deflector is angled in a forward direction of the vehicle from a location adjacent to the cross beam.

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