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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Yi Yang Tay, Warren, MI (US);
Linh Doan, Dearborn, MI (US);
Bhavani Thota, Novi, MI (US);
Li Lu, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Michael Gerard Orlowsky, Macomb, MI (US);
Brian Pietila, Howell, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An armrest assembly includes a body outlining a crushable space. The body includes a first deformation initiating feature, a second deformation initiating feature, a deformation propagating feature and a fracture initiating feature provided at spaced locations around the crushable space. The features function to dissipate energy in the event of a side impact and therefore force or load that might be transmitted to a motor vehicle occupant as a result of a side impact.