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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
May. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Rahul Arora, Birmingham, MI (US);
Michael Musa Azzouz, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Saied Nusier, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/152 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle frame assembly includes, among other things, a main rail and a node assembly attached to the main rail. The node assembly includes a forward mounting member, a rear mounting member, and a deflector extending between the forward mounting member and rear mounting member. When a load exceeds a threshold load that is applied to a front of a vehicle, the deflector is configured to engage a tire and deflect the tire from entering a forward vehicle area.