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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Tau Tyan, Northville, MI (US);
Robert Ralph Armitage, Howell, MI (US);
Nial James Wykes, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Raj Jayachandran, Canton, MI (US);
Wan-San Chiu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/04 (2006.01); B60R 19/18 (2006.01); B60R 19/26 (2006.01); B60R 19/34 (2006.01); F16F 7/12 (2006.01); B21C 1/16 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 65/02 (2006.01); B62D 21/00 (2006.01); B62D 25/00 (2006.01); B60R 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/04 (2013.01); B21C 1/16 (2013.01); B60R 19/02 (2013.01); B60R 19/18 (2013.01); B60R 19/26 (2013.01); B62D 21/00 (2013.01); B62D 21/15 (2013.01); B62D 21/155 (2013.01); B62D 25/00 (2013.01); B62D 65/024 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1866 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0414 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0442 (2013.01); F16F 7/121 (2013.01);
Abstract
A strengthening structure of a vehicle is provided herein and includes a base having cutouts. Relief members are disposed across the base and each include a cross section having twelve or fourteen corners, a distal end, and an open proximal end in communication with a corresponding cutout.