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Patent No.:

US 10059294 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2017

Crushable armrest assembly for side impact and structural performance

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Yi Yang Tay, Plymouth, MI (US);

Hui Wang, Novi, MI (US);

Li Lu, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

Linh Doan, Belleville, MI (US);

Bhavani Thota, Novi, MI (US);

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Frank A. MacKenzie

Bejin Bieneman PLC

Primary Examiner:

Joseph Pape

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/04 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/46 (2006.01); B60N 2/75 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/0428 (2013.01); B60J 5/0413 (2013.01); B60N 2/466 (2013.01); B60N 2/78 (2018.02); B60R 13/0243 (2013.01); B60R 2013/0287 (2013.01); B60Y 2410/123 (2013.01);
Abstract

An assembly includes a door trim panel, and an armrest assembly supported by the door trim panel. The armrest assembly includes a crushable member. The crushable member includes a substrate defining a gap extending through the substrate. The crushable member includes a plug disposed in the gap and fixed to the substrate on a perimeter of the gap. The substrate is rigid relative to the plug.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Tay, Yi. (2018). Crushable armrest assembly for side impact and structural performance (U.S. Patent No. 10059294). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10059294

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