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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
William George Heckman, Plymouth, MI (US);
Darrin Neil Wagner, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Sone Sadakhom, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Joshua Walters, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A bracket has an elongate portion of a predetermined length. The elongate portion terminates in a clamp end that includes a downward sloping portion connected to a curved contact portion. The curved contact portion is configured to contact a tunable bead of a sheet metal portion of a vehicle body structure such as a pillar. The sheet metal portion comprises a generally planar mating surface, an opening in the depression, and a bead rising from the mating surface, wherein the height of the bead is configured for a top surface of the bead to contact a bottom portion of a clamp when the clamp is in a secured position.