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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1997
Bruno Barthelemy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hikmat Mahmood, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An automotive vehicle frame element includes a generally S shaped forward rail having a forward rail portion and a structurally reinforced rear rail portion substantially longitudinally displaced therefrom and a fold inducing area therebetween, a toe pan attached to the rail having a front wall projecting perpendicularly therefrom, the front wall having a point of separation from the rail at a location between the forward and rear rail portions, and the fold inducing area located longitudinally forward of the point of separation of the toe pan portion from the rail and at the point where the structurally reinforced rear rail portion transitions into the forward rail portion.