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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Scott Nydam, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jeffrey Scott Mayville, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Patrick James Blanchard, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ari Garo Caliskan, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 9/04 (2006.01); B60R 13/06 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 9/04 (2013.01); B60R 13/06 (2013.01); B62D 27/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to a roof rail for a motor vehicle. In particular, the roof rail includes a divider wall configured to resist a clamping force, such as that which is expected to be applied to the roof rail from a cross bar of a roof rack. An example assembly includes a roof rail with a closed cross-sectional area and an open cross-sectional area separated by a divider wall.