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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
GaRam Jun, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bret Kirchner, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Chienhom Lee, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ken Garbinski, Saline, MI (US);
Christopher John May, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/157 (2013.01); B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B62D 27/02 (2013.01); B60Y 2410/121 (2013.01); B60Y 2410/122 (2013.01); B60Y 2410/124 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle body includes a rocker panel elongated along an axis. The vehicle body includes a pillar fixed to the rocker panel and elongated in a direction transverse to the axis. The rocker panel includes a first flange and a second flange. The first flange and the second flange are on opposite sides of the pillar and spaced from each other in a direction parallel to the axis. The vehicle body includes a reinforcement fixed to the first and second flanges.