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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jamil M. Alwan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Petros Frantzeskakis, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Jon Gutowski, Saline, MI (US);
Shawn Michael Morgans, Chelsea, MI (US);
Erik Billimoria, Canton, MI (US);
Henry W. Hausler, New Hudson, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle that includes a front vehicle structure and a rear vehicle structure. The front vehicle structure includes a left first pillar and a right first pillar. The rear vehicle structure includes a left second pillar and a right second pillar. One of the left first pillar and the left second pillar defines a plurality of left channels. One of the right first pillar and the right second pillar defines a plurality of right channels. A plurality of left interface bodies. Each left interface body is coupled to the other one of the left first pillar and the left second pillar and received in a respective left channel. A plurality of right interface bodies. Each right interface body is coupled to the other one of the right first pillar and the right second pillar and received in a respective right channel.