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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jamil M. Alwan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Djamal Eddine Midoun, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sean Timothy Ryan, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Hassan Najib Dubaisi, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Harish Honnavalli Dutt, Canton, MI (US);
Peyman Aghssa, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Zakareia H. Hussain, Shelby Township, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a pair of frame rails elongated along a longitudinal axis, each of the frame rails having a downward deformation zone, the frame rails bendable at the downward deformation zones from a first position to a second position beneath the first position. The vehicle includes a tire supported between the pair of frame rails at the downward deformation zones. The vehicle includes a spare tire retention member supported between the pair of frame rails forward of the downward deformation zones.