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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2012
Shawn Grayson Gloden, Waterford, MI (US);
Sarah Beth Certeza, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Alvin Matti, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Daniel Blaine Bollinger, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US);
William Moore Sherwood, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Shawn Grayson Gloden, Waterford, MI (US);
Sarah Beth Certeza, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Alvin Matti, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Daniel Blaine Bollinger, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US);
William Moore Sherwood, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A pencil brace is incorporated into a cross car assembly of an automotive vehicle as a secondary energy absorption device to assist in managing the energy and controlling the column stroke due to a collision.