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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2003
Brent Richard Sovoda, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kenneth Jerome Rottet, Troy, MI (US);
Laurie Call, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Paul Culbertson, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Paul Lawrence Lipinski, Canton, MI (US);
Phillip Przybylo, Williamston, MI (US);
Robert Bruce, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Richard Moss, Saline, MI (US);
Syed a Imam, Canton, MI (US);
Sohail Jamal, Canton, MI (US);
Tim Rush, Saline, MI (US);
Brent Richard Sovoda, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kenneth Jerome Rottet, Troy, MI (US);
Laurie Call, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Paul Culbertson, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Paul Lawrence Lipinski, Canton, MI (US);
Phillip Przybylo, Williamston, MI (US);
Robert Bruce, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Richard Moss, Saline, MI (US);
Syed A Imam, Canton, MI (US);
Sohail Jamal, Canton, MI (US);
Tim Rush, Saline, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The tire deflation device () includes a rail member () having a support portion () and a piercing portion (). The piercing portion () of the rail member () extends toward a tire () and is located between the tire () and a protected portion () of the automotive vehicle (). The piercing portion () is intended to puncture and deflate the tire () when a crush zone () is deformed inwardly so as to force the tire () into the piercing portion () of the rail member (). The support portion () has at least one anchor member () fixedly attached thereto for securely mounting the rail member () to a side mount () of the automotive vehicle () within a middle rigid zone () thereof.