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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Amol Kurane, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Benjamin Lee, Dearborn, MI (US);
Richard Edward Pietron, Jr., Plymouth, MI (US);
James Royse, Troy, MI (US);
Jamie March, Wyandotte, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/20 (2013.01); B62D 27/02 (2013.01); B60Y 2410/124 (2013.01); B62D 25/2036 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reinforcement assembly for a rear rail of a vehicle is disclosed that includes inner and outer bulwark brackets. The brackets include radially extending walls that are welded to inner and outer walls and a bottom wall of the rear rail. A barrel nut is assembled between the bulwark brackets and retained by the bulwark brackets at an intermediate location between the side walls of the rear rail.