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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Peyman Aghssa, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael Kryzaniwskyj, Warren, MI (US);
Djamal Eddine Midoun, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jamil M. Alwan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abdelmonaam Sassi, Windsor, CA;
Kumar Mahadevan, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle upper body structural brace apparatus includes a first member having a first end in a rear region of a vehicle and second and third members each coupled to a second end of the first member. The second and third members are configured to couple lower and upper unibody vehicle structural components, respectively. The first, second and third members transfer impact forces at the first end of the first member from the first end, around first and second vehicle interior regions, and to the lower and upper unibody vehicle structural components.