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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Muhsin M. Hamdoon, Windsor, CA;
Marwan Ahmad Elbkaily, Canton, MI (US);
Matthew Alan Niesluchowski, Clarkston, MI (US);
Darrin Neil Wagner, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a body structure, a side bracket secured to the body structure, and a spacer bracket secured to the side bracket. The spacer bracket extends in a lateral direction toward an interior of the vehicle. The vehicle further includes a roof bow secured to the spacer bracket. The roof bow extends in the lateral direction toward the interior of the vehicle. The roof bow may be secured to the spacer bracket through at least one fastener adapted to shear under a predetermined shear stress. The roof bow may be secured to the spacer bracket such that a distal end of the roof bow is disposed in spaced relation relative to a distal end of the of the spacer bracket. The roof bow may be secured to a K-brace which extends toward roof rails.