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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2012
Andres Gonzalez Mendivil, Mexico City, MX;
Bhimaraddi Venkaraddi Alavandi, Canton, MI (US);
Adrian Diaz, Naucalpan, MX;
Ranny Hamameh, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Kirk D. Rasmussen, White Lake, MI (US);
Andres Gonzalez Mendivil, Mexico City, MX;
Bhimaraddi Venkaraddi Alavandi, Canton, MI (US);
Adrian Diaz, Naucalpan, MX;
Ranny Hamameh, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Kirk D. Rasmussen, White Lake, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle structural frame with an overlap-barrier-impact deformation scheme, the frame has: a rail defining a first longitudinal axis; a first energy absorption device defining a second longitudinal axis outside of the first longitudinal axis with respect to a vehicle; and a connector extending between the rail and the first energy absorption device.