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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:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
N. Petter Winberg, Hayward, CA (US);
Timothy L. Sheldon, Mountain House, CA (US);
Sachin Shrimant Sawant, Newark, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/152 (2013.01); B62D 25/082 (2013.01);
Abstract
An adapter for a vehicle includes: an adapter body configured to bridge between a crush rail at a vehicle end and a back-up structure, the adapter body having a socket configured to receive and enclose four sides of the crush rail, the adapter body having a plug configured to fit into the back-up structure; and an opening in the adapter body configured to have a drive shaft extend through the adapter.