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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Tau Tyan, Northville, MI (US);
Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Yu-Kan Hu, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B60R 19/34 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01); F16F 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2013.01); B60R 19/34 (2013.01); B62D 21/152 (2013.01); B62D 25/082 (2013.01); B62D 29/007 (2013.01); F16F 7/128 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49622 (2015.01);
Abstract
A strengthening member for an automotive vehicle includes a twelve-cornered cross section including sides and corners creating eight internal angles and four external angles. The strengthening member also includes four indentations extending along a length of the strengthening member. Each indentation is respectively defined by two of the eight internal angles and one if the four external angles of the strengthening member.