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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Saeed D. Barbat, Novi, MI (US);
Mohammad Omar Faruque, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dean M. Jaradi, Macomb, MI (US);
S.M. Iskander Farooq, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/34 (2006.01); B60R 19/02 (2006.01); B60R 19/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/34 (2013.01); B60R 19/023 (2013.01); B60R 19/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a vehicle bumper and a crush can to support the vehicle bumper on the vehicle frame. The crush can may include an inflation chamber, which is inflatable from an uninflated state to an inflated state. The vehicle can also include an inflator in fluid communication with the inflation chamber of the crush can.