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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
May. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Tau Tyan, Northville, MI (US);
Yu-Kan Hu, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Jiamaw Doong, Northville, MI (US);
Kirk David Arthurs, Newport, MI (US);
Senthil Kumar Mahadevan, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B60R 19/34 (2006.01); F16F 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2013.01); B60R 19/34 (2013.01); F16F 7/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A strengthening member for an automotive vehicle comprises an eight-cornered cross section including sides and corners. The sides comprise four straight sides and four curved sides. A length of each straight side ranges from about 10 mm to about 200 mm and a length of each curved side is about 10 mm to about 200 mm.