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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2023
Fca Us Llc, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Eric A. Darin, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Richard A Lenzen, Jr., Highland, MI (US);
Dustin Demink, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ranjit B Pandhare, Troy, MI (US);
Jeffrey M Patrias, Dearborn, MI (US);
Adrian J Purvis, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Prabhu L Selvaraj, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Meyyappan Valliappan, Troy, MI (US);
FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle that includes a vehicle frame, a wheel attached to the vehicle frame, and a wheel deflector assembly attached to the vehicle frame. The wheel deflector assembly includes a deflector plate that extends angularly outward from the vehicle frame, and the wheel deflector assembly is configured, in the event of an offset frontal impact to the vehicle that forces the wheel in a direction toward the frame, to be struck by the wheel and deflect the wheel in a direction away from the frame to prevent the wheel from travelling beneath the vehicle frame.