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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 06, 2019
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Rohit Telukunta, Troy, MI (US);

Todd Mueller, Canton, MI (US);

Dinesh Munjurulimana, South Lyon, MI (US);

Anil Tiwari, Maastricht, NL;

Jack Bekou, Windsor, CA;

Steven Perucca, Warren, MI (US);

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01); B62D 65/14 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/02 (2006.01); B29K 705/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/157 (2013.01); B29C 45/0046 (2013.01); B29C 45/02 (2013.01); B29C 45/14311 (2013.01); B29C 45/14631 (2013.01); B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B62D 29/004 (2013.01); B62D 65/14 (2013.01); B29C 2045/14327 (2013.01); B29K 2705/00 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0091 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3005 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a body-in-white member having an inboard side and an outboard side, a reinforcing structure molded on the inboard side, and an energy absorbing structure molded on the outboard side. A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, providing a body-in-white member having an inboard side and an outboard side, molding a reinforcing structure on the inboard side, and molding an energy absorbing structure on the outboard side.


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