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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
May. 04, 2012
Jeffrey Dan Rupp, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michelle Duan, Northville, MI (US);
Hassen Hammoud, Dearborn, MI (US);
Benjamen David Mcclain, Clawson, MI (US);
Stephen Thomas Kozak, Northville, MI (US);
Jeffrey Dan Rupp, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michelle Duan, Northville, MI (US);
Hassen Hammoud, Dearborn, MI (US);
Benjamen David McClain, Clawson, MI (US);
Stephen Thomas Kozak, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A deflector is attached to a frame on a vehicle in front of a front wheel which cooperates with the front wheel to glance a vehicle past a laterally offset impacting object. The deflector acts as a first boundary against the impacting object and the deflector turns the front wheel inboard to an inwardly turned position to act as a second deflecting boundary against the impacting object. The deflector and inwardly turned front wheel cooperate to deflect the vehicle past the object, such that the object passes outboard of a rocker member on the vehicle.