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Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Michael James Freeman, Allen Park, MI (US);

Joseph Prescott Hickey, Westland, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B62D 21/15 (2013.01); B62D 27/023 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle body structure includes a vehicle pillar and a unitized reinforcement member. The vehicle pillar includes an inner panel and an outer panel secured to the inner panel to form an internal cavity. The unitized reinforcement member is disposed within the internal cavity of the vehicle pillar and extends along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle pillar. The unitized reinforcement member includes an inner panel portion spaced apart from the inner panel, an outer panel portion coupled to an inner surface of the outer panel, and a connecting portion connecting the inner panel portion and the outer panel portion.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Freeman, Michael. (2025). Body structure for vehicle having reinforcement member (U.S. Patent No. 12233941). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12233941

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