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Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Greg Gombert, Canton, MI (US);

Jeffrey A. Walesch, Canton, MI (US);

Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US);

Yu-Kan Hu, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Mikolaj Tyksinski, Dearborn, MI (US);

Sukhwinder Singh Dhindsa, Windsor, CA;

Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Srinivasan Sundararajan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/152 (2013.01); B62D 21/155 (2013.01); B62D 27/023 (2013.01); B62D 29/007 (2013.01);
Abstract

Splayed front horn for vehicle frames are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a frame of a vehicle having a side rail directed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a splayed front horn coupled to the side rail, the splayed front horn angled outward relative to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein the splayed front horn includes a first section and a second section, the first and second sections having different physical properties.


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