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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Wanjun Lei, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yi Qu, Troy, MI (US);
Chris Stephen O'Connor, Livonia, MI (US);
Naeem Ahmed Ghias, Canton, MI (US);
Erika Kristin Low, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/34 (2006.01); B60R 19/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/18 (2013.01); B60R 19/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A V shape bumper extension for a vehicle is provided where the V shape member has an extension member and a support member. The extension member extends linearly away from a bumper and the support member is positioned at an acute angle with respect to a crush can. The support member includes an outer edge spaced apart from the crush can and is connected to the crush can through at least one breakable attachment.