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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth Malone, Troy, MI (US);
Robert Reiners, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Sara E. Veyo, Canton, MI (US);
Hariharan Ganesan, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/24 (2006.01); B62D 27/06 (2006.01); B62D 33/023 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/02 (2013.01); B62D 25/24 (2013.01); B62D 27/065 (2013.01); B62D 33/023 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/09 (2013.01); F16F 2228/04 (2013.01); F16F 2230/0005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A truck bed of a vehicle includes a sheet metal panel defining a drain opening, a mass damper plug disposed within the opening and including a mass casting having a predefined mass configured to tune a frequency of a sound wave of the panel and plug into a predefined range, and defining bolt threads, and a bolt engaged with the bolt threads and configured to secure the plug with the panel.