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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2008
Brian C Shepard, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Dave Coakley, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Brian C Shepard, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Dave Coakley, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle body stricture includes a vehicle frame having a pair of longitudinally extending first frame members spaced apart from one another supporting opposite lower side portions of a vehicle and a laterally extending second frame member extending between respective front portions of the first frame members. A vehicle body is supported on the vehicle frame. A bumper assembly is supported by at least one of the first frame members and the second frame member having a front bumper facia member with a lower edge that extends downward toward an underside of the second frame member. A compatibility member extends laterally between the first frame members, with at least a portion of the compatibility member extending below the second frame member. The compatibility member has at least one attachment point fixed to the second frame member.