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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Geoffrey John Cooper, Canton, MI (US);
AmirReza Latif, Southgate, MI (US);
Sagar Ashok Dhond, Southgate, MI (US);
Shunmugam Baskar, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Sreekanth Gondipalle, Belleville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle body includes a floor side panel, a rocker panel, and a reinforcement structure. The floor side panel is secured to the rocker panel. The floor side panel and the rocker panel each extend longitudinally from a front to a rear of the vehicle body and define a cavity therebetween. The reinforcement structure is disposed within the cavity and forms a plurality of longitudinally aligned crush cans. Each crush can extends laterally from the floor side panel to the rocker panel.