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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 30, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Djamal Eddine Midoun, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jamil M. Alwan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jonatan Leff Yaffe, Mexico City, MX;
Joe L. Buchwitz, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
David Burgess, Livonia, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A body on frame vehicle includes a vehicle frame having a small offset impact load management system including upper and lower rear blocker structures and a reinforcement blocker structure for managing impact loads applied to the wheel and tire of the vehicle from being directed further toward the body. The reinforcement blocker structure includes a base member welded to openings in the frame side rail and extending angularly outwardly and located rearward and distal the wheel and tire and proximal a longitudinal cross frame member for transferring the small offset impact loads transferred by the wheel and tire in a cross vehicle direction.