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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2011
Darrin Neil Wagner, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Duncan Whipps, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Bruno Barthelemy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Srinivasan Sundararajan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Fubang Wu, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Mohammed Omar Faruque, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Darrin Neil Wagner, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Duncan Whipps, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Bruno Barthelemy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Srinivasan Sundararajan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Fubang Wu, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Mohammed Omar Faruque, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A roof support for a vehicle is provided containing a first side roof rail; a transverse roof bow fixed to and extending from the first side roof rail; and a first brace fixed to the first side roof rail at a forward point on the first side roof rail, wherein the first brace extends to the transverse roof bow and is fixed to a first aft point on the transverse roof bow, thereby advantageously defining a first angle between the first side roof rail and the first brace. The roof support may further include a second side roof rail opposite the first side roof rail such that the roof bow laterally extends from the first side roof rail to the second side roof rail, wherein a second brace is connected in like manner.