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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2021
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jamil M. Alwan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Djamal Eddine Midoun, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Nathan Kristofor Tardif, Ferndale, MI (US);
Sudip Sankar Bhattacharjee, Novi, MI (US);
Petros Frantzeskakis, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A hybrid structural assembly for a motor vehicle includes a casting and a structural inlay. The casting includes a plurality of structural components joined together in a casting process to form structural load paths and extending in a plurality of directions in a 3D space. The casting includes a cast-allowable alloy material. The structural inlay is secured to at least one of the structural components. The structural inlay includes a material having at least one of a higher ductility and a higher toughness than the cast-allowable alloy material.