Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Robert Walter Bartus

Linh Ngoc Doan

Marwan Ahmad Elbkaily

Michael James Whitens

Siddharthan Selvasekar

Robert D Bedard

Muhsin M Hamdoon

Jonathan L Clarke

Amit Chakravarty

Stephen Dreher

A vehicle door includes a trim panel coupled to a frame. A single-piece armrest substrate is coupled with the frame. The armrest substrate is a three-dimensionally printed member having interior walls that are printed within the armrest substrate according to a virtual force model generated during a virtual impact scenario. The interior walls define a plurality of voids defined within the armrest substrate.

Biomimetic armrest substrate for a vehicle armrest assembly

A door trim panel assembly includes a door trim panel and an armrest supported by the door trim panel. The armrest includes a top portion and a bottom portion each extending from the door trim panel, and a middle portion extending from the top portion to the bottom portion. The bottom portion has a wall thickness greater than a wall thickness of the top portion and greater than a wall thickness of the middle portion. The wall thickness of the top portion is less than the wall thickness of the middle portion.

Door trim panel for energy absorption

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Romulus, MI, United States of America

Robert Walter Bartus