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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Paul Bryan Hoke, Plymouth, MI (US);
Li Lu, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2013.01); B62D 25/00 (2013.01); B62D 27/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bracket for a vehicle is provided including a four-way fastener locator portion and a slip plane portion. The fastener locator portion includes a cross-member configured to allow passage therethrough of a portion of a fastener received in the fastener-receiving portion on application of a force meeting or exceeding a predetermined impact load. Assemblies including the provided bracket are described.