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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Carlos H. Perez, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Sudip S. Bhattacharjee, Novi, MI (US);
James Yunhyung Lee, Novi, MI (US);
Ketan K. Desai, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Marwan A. Elbkaily, Canton, MI (US);
Chang Hun Lee, Rochester, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle apparatus comprises a slider body having a substantially vertical slide slot and a substantially horizontal shear pin. The slider body further includes a headlamp mounting section and a hood bump-stop mounting section. An adjustable bumper is received by the hood bump-stop mounting section with an adjustable height. A reinforcement member is configured to be fixed with respect to a grille opening of the vehicle. The reinforcement member has a bore aligned with the slide slot for receiving a fastening pin and an aperture receiving the shear pin. A force greater than a predetermined force applied to the adjustable bumper results in the shear pin breaking off in the bore and the fastening pin sliding along the slide slot as the slider body moves downward.