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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Edgar Edward Donabedian, Livonia, MI (US);
John Joyce, Saline, MI (US);
Michael Joseph Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael James Freeman, Allen Park, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 29/00 (2006.01); B62D 21/02 (2006.01); B62D 65/02 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 29/00 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B62D 21/02 (2013.01); B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B62D 29/001 (2013.01); B62D 65/024 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A body structure reinforcement includes a reinforcement body and a connecting flange integral with the reinforcement body. Body structures incorporating one or more shell structures and the body structure reinforcement are disclosed along with methods for making the body structure reinforcement and the body structures.