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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mohammed Omar Faruque, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Chih Cheng, Troy, MI (US);
Yijung Chen, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/75 (2018.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B60N 2/70 (2006.01); B29C 64/112 (2017.01); B29K 21/00 (2006.01); B29L 9/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/75 (2018.02); B29C 64/112 (2017.08); B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B60N 2/7017 (2013.01); B60N 2/78 (2018.02); B29K 2021/003 (2013.01); B29L 2009/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3026 (2013.01);
Abstract
An automotive armrest includes an elastic core defining a patterned array of channels extending therethrough such that the elastic core exhibits a predetermined target vertical stiffness and a predetermined target lateral stiffness different than the predetermined target vertical stiffness. The automotive armrest also includes a skin arranged with the elastic core.