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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Wahid Sedique, Ottawa Hills, OH (US);
Ira Jason Goldberg, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jorge Alberto Alarcon Chagoya, Tepotzotlán, MX;
Gerardo Velazquez Monroy, Nicolas Romero, MX;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/50 (2006.01); B60R 19/02 (2006.01); B62D 37/02 (2006.01); B60Q 1/20 (2006.01); B60Q 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/50 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0408 (2013.01); B60Q 1/20 (2013.01); B60R 19/023 (2013.01); B62D 37/02 (2013.01); B60R 2019/505 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bumper assembly for a vehicle includes a bumper fascia having inner and outer surfaces. A support member is welded to the inner surface and at least partially surrounding a fog-lamp aperture. The support member reinforces the bumper fascia proximate the fog-lamp aperture. An air curtain duct integrally formed within the support member, the air curtain duct placing the outer surface in communication with a vehicle compartment.