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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael James Whitens, Novi, MI (US);
Robert D. Bedard, Allen Park, MI (US);
Siddharthan Selvasekar, Livermore, CA (US);
Amit Chakravarty, Warren, MI (US);
Robert Walter Bartus, Romulus, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/04 (2006.01); B60N 2/42 (2006.01); B60N 2/75 (2018.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); G06F 30/15 (2020.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/0428 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B60N 2/4235 (2013.01); B60N 2/78 (2018.02); B60R 13/0243 (2013.01); G06F 30/15 (2020.01); B60R 2021/003 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle door includes a trim panel coupled to a frame. A single-piece armrest substrate is coupled with the frame. The armrest substrate is a three-dimensionally printed member having interior walls that are printed within the armrest substrate according to a virtual force model generated during a virtual impact scenario. The interior walls define a plurality of voids defined within the armrest substrate.