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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2017
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:
Primary Examiner:
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.