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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mohammed Omar Faruque, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yijung Chen, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B60K 17/28 (2006.01); B60R 21/013 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/157 (2013.01); B60K 17/28 (2013.01); B60R 21/00 (2013.01); B60R 21/013 (2013.01); B62D 25/20 (2013.01); B62D 27/02 (2013.01); B62D 27/026 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0006 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inflatable tunnel reinforcement for reinforcing a vehicle tunnel structure includes a first wall, a second wall, and at least one fold connecting the first and second walls. The inflatable tunnel reinforcement further includes an inflator adapted to increase a gas pressure between the first and second walls. In an inflated configuration, the inflatable tunnel reinforcement forms a continuous load path between interior walls of the tunnel structure generally orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the tunnel structure.