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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2012
Peyman Aghssa, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John Michael Mcguckin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Naeem Ahmed Ghias, Canton, MI (US);
Andre Thompson, Bloomfields Hills, MI (US);
Neil R. Kauppila, Waterford, MI (US);
Peyman Aghssa, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John Michael McGuckin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Naeem Ahmed Ghias, Canton, MI (US);
Andre Thompson, Bloomfields Hills, MI (US);
Neil R. Kauppila, Waterford, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A cross-brace structure for a police interceptor SUV includes a front member and a rear member, coupled through a connecting element. The front member has its two ends mounted over the rear floor of the vehicle, and the rear member has a first end and a second end, mounted on the left side rail and the right side rail of the vehicle, respectively. During an impact from the rear side, the crash load gets transferred to the non-impacted rear side through the rear bumper of the vehicle, and eventually, through the left and right rear side rails, towards the rear member of the cross-brace structure. The rear member transfers the crash load towards the front member, and further, towards the front portions of the vehicle, through the front sections of the left side rail and the right side rail.