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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Tau Tyan, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/02 (2006.01); B62D 21/00 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/00 (2006.01); F16F 7/12 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); B60T 17/04 (2006.01); B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B62D 25/06 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/02 (2013.01); B60R 16/0215 (2013.01); B60T 17/04 (2013.01); B62D 21/00 (2013.01); B62D 21/15 (2013.01); B62D 25/00 (2013.01); B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/06 (2013.01); B62D 25/082 (2013.01); F16F 7/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A strengthening member and a vehicle including a strengthening member are provided. The strengthening member can have a cross section including twenty-eight corners and twenty-eight sides creating twenty internal angles and eight external angles, and at least one recessed area extending along a length of the strengthening member.