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Patent No.:

US 9102362 B1

PDFFull Text
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Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015

Filed:

May. 20, 2013

Vehicle underbody structure

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Ridha Baccouche, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Rahul Arora, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Saeed David Barbat, Novi, MI (US);

James Chih Cheng, Troy, MI (US);

Srinivasan Sundararajan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Raymond Coppiellie

Price Heneveld, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Faye M Fleming

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/00 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 21/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/157 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B62D 21/02 (2013.01); B62D 21/15 (2013.01); B62D 21/152 (2013.01); B62D 25/2036 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle underbody structure includes a pair of longitudinal rails. A tunnel is spaced between the longitudinal rails. A number of nonintrusive support members span between the tunnel and the longitudinal rails. The support members have a hoop shape that surrounds an enclosed area. The hoop shape of the nonintrusive support members is adapted to deform into the enclosed area for preventing a side impact force from damaging the tunnel.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Baccouche, Ridha. (2015). Vehicle underbody structure (U.S. Patent No. 9102362). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9102362

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