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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brent Michael White, Highland, MI (US);
Christopher Melgar, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Peter Lazarevski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kevin Stanton Giaier, Sylvan Lake, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 7/00 (2006.01); B60G 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 7/001 (2013.01); B60G 3/18 (2013.01); B60G 2204/143 (2013.01); B60G 2204/41 (2013.01); B60G 2204/4302 (2013.01); B60G 2206/016 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle frame and a suspension arm. A bushing is connected to the suspension arm. A lever extends through the bushing. A fastener is fastened to the lever and the vehicle frame. When the lever is impacted by a rigid barrier of a small-offset rigid-barrier (SORB) frontal impact test, the lever breaks the fastener and allows the lever, the bushing, and the suspension arm to release from the vehicle frame.