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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Ian Brewster Hall, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Srinivas Sanikommu, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (US);
John Pinkerton, Canton, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ian Brewster Hall, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Srinivas Sanikommu, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (US);
John Pinkerton, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle door construction having a 360° grab handle includes a fastener cover that conceals a fastener hole in an A-surface of the vehicle door and which provides a buckling path for the 360° grab handle. An L-shaped cover and a fastener hole configuration is provided in the lateral A-surface to reduce stiffness in the region and to absorb side impact loads.