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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Deepak Patel, Canton, MI (US);
Li Lu, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Linh Doan, Belleville, MI (US);
Bhavani Thota, Novi, MI (US);
Kris Allyn Warmann, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 99/00 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B60R 21/04 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/045 (2013.01); B60R 21/0428 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0055 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0414 (2013.01);
Abstract
A door assembly for a vehicle includes a door panel and a door trim panel comprising a shaped pelvic load path energy-absorbing feature disposed on a door panel-facing surface of the door trim panel. The shaped pelvic load path energy-absorbing feature is defined by a plurality of stepped surfaces, which in turn may define as various cross-sectional shapes for the shaped pelvic load path energy-absorbing feature.