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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Srinivasan Sundararajan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Krish E. Aekbote, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Nitesh C. Jadhav, Canton, MI (US);
Ken S. Laird, Canton, MI (US);
Linh Doan, Belleville, MI (US);
Yudong Zhou, Troy, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle door and armrest assembly using a thin plate that is vertically strong while laterally collapsible. The plate is comprised of a matrix of intersecting parallel struts forming four sided cells having a first set of opposing acute angles and a second set of opposing obtuse angles. The obtuse angles span a direction normal to the motor vehicle door and allow the plate to more easily limit force transmission from a side impact force. The struts are coupled to a frame, the coupling struts variable in cross sectional area to further determine the lateral stiffness of the plate.