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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Muhsin M. Hamdoon, Windsor, CA;
Marwan Ahmad Elbkaily, Canton, MI (US);
George David Aucott, Novi, MI (US);
Amit Chakravarty, Warren, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/0461 (2013.01); B60J 5/0426 (2013.01); B60J 5/0451 (2013.01); B60J 5/0413 (2013.01); B60R 13/0243 (2013.01);
Abstract
An upper reinforcement for a door trim panel includes a reinforcement channel, softening features within reinforcement channel, a tab depending from the reinforcement channel, and a trigger feature between the reinforcement channel and the tab whereby the reinforcement channel is released from the tab during a side impact. A method of tuning performance characteristics of the upper reinforcement is also described.