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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Sriram Gopal, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bhimaraddi Venkaraddi Alavandi, Canton, MI (US);
John Vincent Fazio, Dearborn, MI (US);
Matthew B. Makowski, Northville, MI (US);
Djamal Eddine Midoun, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A catcher bracket disposed between a powertrain and a sub-frame of a vehicle. The catcher bracket defines a load path in a collision that is sufficient to displace the powertrain that directs the force of the impact through the catcher bracket to a sub-frame of the vehicle. The sub-frame is connected to the body structure of the vehicle by fasteners that fracture to decouple the powertrain and sub-frame from the body structure of the vehicle to reduce the collision pulse.