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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);
Michael J Eckert, Fremont, CA (US);
Sachin Shrimant Sawant, Newark, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/26 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/155 (2013.01); B62D 21/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
A subframe for a vehicle has a front attachment to a crush rail in the vehicle, and a rear attachment to the vehicle, the subframe comprising at least one initiator configured to cause the subframe to fold downward in event of impact, the subframe configured so that the front attachment detaches as a result of the impact and the subframe is deflected downward, while the rear attachment does not detach.