Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ford Motor Company Limited

Thiag Subbian

Jamil M Alwan

Djamal Eddine Midoun

Abdelmonaam Sassi

Fubang Wu

Chelliah Madasamy

Jayanth Kumar Basavalingiah

Matthew Brian Makowski

Cliff Chou

Chunhui Kevin Lee

Petros Frantzeskakis

Suraj Jadhav

Mohammad Omar Faruque

Deepak Patel

Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk

Donald Paul Iacovoni

Paul L Heirtzler, Jr

David James Bauch

Bhimaraddi Venkaraddi Alavandi

Clifford C Chou

Mukesh J Amin

Satish Ganti

Laike Misikir

Jason Douglas Scott

James Zheng Peng

Echung Su

Don Kelvin Wallace

Nagaraj Mariyappa

Kurt L Ewing

Pavan Nagaraj

Thomas Mueller

BeiBei Xu

Wei Richard Wang

Shrinivas Govind

Martin A Trenkle

Maya Makhlouf

Robert Allen Kelly

The present disclosure relates to a vehicle that includes a windshield and a frame. In addition, the vehicle includes a first pillar that extends from one side of the windshield. The first pillar includes a first wall and a second wall coupled to the first wall. The first pillar also includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a first interior support coupled to the first wall and a second interior support coupled to the second wall. Further, the first interior support includes a first end which is spaced from a second end in the second portion.

Canopy windshield retention

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

A method includes simulating an impact between a simulated wheel and a simulated vehicle assembly, the simulated vehicle assembly including a simulated vehicle component that is a computer-aided-design model of a vehicle component. The method includes determining, based on the simulated impact, an impact angle between the simulated wheel and the simulated vehicle assembly. The method includes impacting an impactor with the vehicle component at the impact angle.

Vehicle impact analysis

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 vehicle includes a body having a first rail and an upper rail spaced from the first rail. The upper rail has a base portion and a top prong and a bottom prong each extending from the base portion. The vehicle includes a bumper connected to the first rail and to the top prong, and a subframe connected to the bottom prong.

Vehicle frame structure

A vehicle sill reinforcement includes a first elongate member and a second elongate member. Each of the first elongate member and the second elongate member includes steps and walls disposed in alternating arrangement along an axis. The walls of the first elongate member are fixed to the walls of the second elongate member. The steps of the first elongate member and the steps of the second elongate member are aligned along the axis and define cavities therebetween. The steps and walls of the sill reinforcement resist buckling in response to both vertical and horizontal components of impact force applied to the sill reinforcement.

Vehicle sill reinforcement

A method for rollover sensing () that may be used in the determination of when to deploy restraints in a vehicle is disclosed herein. The method for rollover sensing () may include lateral acceleration sensors (), a roll rate sensor (), and a roll angle detector (). A control circuit () determines a roll moment of inertia as a function of lateral acceleration, a trip point length as a function of the lateral acceleration, and a trip point angle as a function of the lateral acceleration. The control circuit () also determines a rollover threshold in response to a roll rate signal, a roll angle signal, the trip point length, the roll moment of inertia, and the trip point angle. The control circuit () further generates a control signal for a deployment circuit in response to the rollover threshold.

Method for detecting rollover of an automotive vehicle based on a lateral kinetic energy rate threshold

A system for providing protection to a vehicle occupant during a side impact event is disclosed. The system includes an outer panel, which may be a vehicle door outer sheet metal, an inner panel, which may be a vehicle door trim, and an elongated structural member disposed between the outer panel and the inner panel. The elongated structural member is generally disposed perpendicularly with respect to the inner and outer panels and is in general alignment with the pelvic area of the adjacent occupant. The elongated structural member may have an I-beam configuration which extends from the outer panel to the inner panel in the occupant's pelvic zone. The elongated structure may progressively crush during the impact event while pushing the occupant. During an impact event, the elongated structure is pushed vehicle-inward and provides pelvic support to the adjacent occupant.

Deployable energy managing pelvic pusher for use in vehicle

A vehicle door glass blocker assembly including a blocking bracket securable to a vehicle door frame panel, and a blocking edge integrally formed with the blocking bracket, being substantially normal to a vertical edge of a vehicle window, and being capable of at least partially shattering the vehicle window when the window impacts the blocking edge during a vehicle crash event. A blocking protrusion may be coupled to the blocking bracket, be longitudinally disposable between the vehicle window and a vehicle door latch mechanism, and be capable of at least partially preventing transverse displacement of the vehicle window. A support bracket may be secured to the blocking bracket, and a glass run extrusion may be secured to the support bracket, be adapted to accept a vertical edge of the vehicle window, and be capable of reducing vibrations in the vehicle window.

Vehicle door glass blocker and breaker

A rollover sensing system () that may be used in the determination of when to deploy restraints in a vehicle is disclosed herein. The rollover sensing system () may include lateral acceleration sensors (), a roll rate sensor (), and a roll angle detector (). A control circuit () determines a roll moment of inertia as a function of lateral acceleration, a trip point length as a function of the lateral acceleration, and a trip point angle as a function of the lateral acceleration. The control circuit () also determines a rollover threshold in response to a roll rate signal, a roll angle signal, the trip point length, the roll moment of inertia, and the trip point angle. The control circuit () further generates a control signal for a deployment circuit in response to the rollover threshold.

Method and apparatus for detecting rollover of an automotive vehicle based on a lateral kinetic energy rate threshold

A system and method for assembling a mesh model for engineering analysis by a user is provided. The system includes a user computer system, a remotely located computer system and a data storage means. The method includes the steps of selecting a plurality of component parts having a best practice mesh model format and selecting a predetermined property for each of the selected component parts, wherein the predetermined property is selected from a best practice library stored on the data storage means. The method also includes the steps of determining if the mesh model for each of the selected component parts meets a predetermined mesh quality condition using a best practice mesh quality checking software program. The method further includes the steps of selecting a best practice connecting means for connecting the selected component parts, wherein the connecting means is selected from a best practice library of mesh models of connecting means stored in the data storage device, and assembling the selected component parts together using the connecting means and the best practice properties into a new mesh model using a best practice mesh assembly software program, and the assembled mesh model is available for further analysis.

System and method of interactively assembling a model

An underrun energy-absorbing structure () ('structure') for a vehicle () includes a rail member (), a deformable crush tube (), and a plate (). Rail member () is formed from an inboard panel () and an outboard panel (). Crush tube () is sandwiched between inboard panel () and outboard panel () and extends perpendicularly from rail member (). Plate () is adjacent to crush tube () and extends perpendicularly from rail member (). Plate () is supported by crush tube () during a vehicle collision.

Underrun energy-absorbing structure for a vehicle

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