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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2024
Fca Us Llc, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Kedar V Panday, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Santosh Pethe, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Krishnamurthy Hegde, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Eric J Stahmer, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Scott Mcguire, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle including a frame that includes a first longitudinally extending rail and a second longitudinally extending rail, wherein one of the first longitudinally extending rail and the second longitudinally extending rail includes a component mounted thereto. The first and second longitudinally extending rails each include a bead pattern that limits deformation of the respective rail during a frontal impact to the vehicle, and the bead pattern of the one of the first longitudinally extending rail and the second longitudinally extending that includes the component mounted thereto is different from the bead pattern of the other of the first longitudinally extending rail and the second longitudinally extending rail that does not have the component mounted thereto to limit an amount of deformation thereof during the frontal impact to the vehicle to minimize movement of the component in a direction toward a high-voltage component attached to the one rail.