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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Joseph Ciccone, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Amol Kurane, Canton, MI (US);
Ryan Delaney, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Samson Ng, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Peter Thai, White Lake, MI (US);
Jamal Hameedi, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/088 (2013.01); B62D 25/082 (2013.01); B60G 2204/143 (2013.01); B60G 2204/15 (2013.01); B60G 2204/4302 (2013.01); B62D 25/081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A strut-tower brace includes a pair of strut-tower attachments, and front and rear cross members extending between the attachments. The rear cross member has a flange configured to connected with a vehicle cowl. A lattice structure interconnects the cross members and has ribs that are each joined to another of the ribs at a node that is spaced between the front and rear cross members.