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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gary Nola, Detroit, MI (US);
Christopher William Newman, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 5/00 (2006.01); F02M 35/10 (2006.01); F02M 35/104 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); F02M 35/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 35/10242 (2013.01); B62D 21/15 (2013.01); F02M 35/104 (2013.01); F02M 35/10288 (2013.01); F02M 35/161 (2013.01);
Abstract
An intake manifold is provided that comprises a plurality of intake manifold runners, and each intake manifold runner comprises at least one elongated riband at least one elongated blister. The elongated riband the at least one elongated blisteroperate together to control structural failure of the intake manifold in an impact event. Specifically, the elongated rib acts to receive and concentrate load while the at least one elongated blister provides an area of intentional failure, thus restricting the failure to a focused area on the intake manifold.