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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Hassan Najib Dubaisi, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Kris Allyn Warmann, Plymouth, MI (US);
Anderson Luis de Castro Oliveira, Bahia, BR;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A collision management system comprising at least one of a guiding-bracket and a catch configured to inhibit forward movement of an under-hung spare-tire during a collision. The guiding-bracket may connect to and extend downward from a floor, or sprung-mass component, of the vehicle. The spare-tire may contact the guiding-bracket during a collision substantially inhibiting further movement, deflecting it downward away from the vehicle, deflecting it toward a suspension component, and/or deflecting it toward the catch. The catch may be connected to and extend upward from a suspension component. The catch may also inhibit spare-tire forward movement, may puncture the tire of the spare-tire, and may pull the spare-tire downward with the movement of the suspension component to which it is attached during the collision.