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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2007
Sean Ryan, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Rich Ruthinowski, Taylor, MI (US);
Manoharprasad K. Rao, Novi, MI (US);
Sean Ryan, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Rich Ruthinowski, Taylor, MI (US);
Manoharprasad K. Rao, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A supplemental impact protection system for an automotive vehicle includes an external energy management structure having a first position for normal vehicle operation and a second position for deployment during an impact event. A mounting system allows selective positioning of the energy management structure in either the first or second position, as determined by a controller which assesses an impact potential of the vehicle and operates the mounting system to move the energy management structure to the second, or deployed, position in the event that the assessed impact potential satisfies a predetermined threshold.