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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2012
Scott Howard Gaboury, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Joel Thomas Pierce, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Jolanta Budek, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
James F. Krizman, Dearborn, MI (US);
Anthony Gerald King, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Scott Howard Gaboury, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Joel Thomas Pierce, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Jolanta Budek, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
James F. Krizman, Dearborn, MI (US);
Anthony Gerald King, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle with a front fascia and a decorative badge integrated with the fascia. A rear surface of the badge is attached to a front portion of the fascia. The portion of the fascia to which the badge is attached is the badge mounting region, and the fascia's portion surrounding the badge mounting region is the fascia surrounding region. A radar system mounted behind the fascia emits radar beams in forward direction, which are intercepted by the fascia and the badge in the badge mounting region, and by the fascia, in the fascia surrounding region The rear surface of the fascia in the badge mounting region is indented the amount of the badge's average thickness, and the cumulative average thickness of the badge and the fascia material in the badge mounting region remains uniform throughout, equal to the average thickness of the fascia in the fascia surrounding region.