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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Cord Group Llc, Placentia, CA (US);
Inventor:
Robert Crandall, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cord Group LLC, Placentia, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 3/00 (2006.01); B60R 19/42 (2006.01); B60R 3/00 (2006.01); B62D 65/16 (2006.01); B62D 23/00 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 3/002 (2013.01); B60R 19/42 (2013.01); B62D 21/155 (2013.01); B62D 23/005 (2013.01); B62D 65/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A support device having an elongated support member for providing protection to an underside of a vehicle. The vehicle can have one or more pinch welds, such as a vehicle with a unibody chassis. The support device can serve as a rock rail to distribute a point load from an external object, such as a rock or a boulder, to a larger area of the vehicle to minimize high loading forces to a single point. The support device can alternatively be a running board.