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Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2011
Applicants:

Stephen Hongbin Kang, Canton, MI (US);

Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US);

Sarah Certeza, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);

Barbara Ann Mckeehan, Canton, MI (US);

Inventors:

Stephen Hongbin Kang, Canton, MI (US);

Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US);

Sarah Certeza, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);

Barbara Ann McKeehan, Canton, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A knee bolster assembly having a vehicle frame structure, a bracket structure having a base portion and two contoured side wall portions that extend from the base portion to ends that attach to the frame structure, a trigger point occurs in each side wall portion at a first maximum width and a first minimum width between side wall portions, and a knee bolster plate cooperating with the base portion.


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