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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
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);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
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.