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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Matthew B. Makowski, Northville, MI (US);
Chelliah Madasamy, Canton, MI (US);
Joseph David Hyde, Flint, MI (US);
Deepak Patel, Canton, MI (US);
Garam Jun, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a storage compartment. The vehicle includes a hood above the storage compartment. The hood is movable relative to the storage compartment between an open position and a closed position. The vehicle includes a flange connected to one of the hood and the storage compartment and a ring-shaped energy absorber connected to the other of the hood and the storage compartment. The flange and the ring-shaped energy absorber both circumferentially enclose the storage compartment in the closed position. The vehicle includes a seal mounted to the ring-shaped energy absorber and positioned between the ring-shaped energy absorber and the flange in the closed position.