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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2018
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Steven Matthew Harpster, Dublin, OH (US);

Brian Christopher Bray, Dublin, OH (US);

Shingo Hakamata, Tochigi, JP;

Eric M. Heitkamp, Shawnee Hills, OH (US);

Rajendra L. Kakarla, Plain City, OH (US);

Anthony John Leanza, Powell, OH (US);

Aditya Malladi, Marysville, OH (US);

Patrick M. Shafer, Hilliard, OH (US);

Kurt T. Winkelmann, Dublin, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/00 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B60R 19/24 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/152 (2013.01); B60R 19/24 (2013.01); B62D 25/085 (2013.01);
Abstract

A front side frame member for a vehicle front frame assembly and a method of forming a front side frame member for a vehicle front frame assembly includes an outer frame member having at least one outer frame mating flange and an inner frame member having at least one inner frame mating flange. The at least one inner frame mating flange is fixedly secured to the at least one outer frame mating flange. At least one of the at least one outer frame mating flange and the at least one inner frame mating flange includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced joggles thereon for promoting longitudinal crush of at least one of the outer frame member and the inner frame member.


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