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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:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Rahul Arora, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Matthew John Zaluzec, Canton, MI (US);
James Chih Cheng, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/34 (2006.01); B60R 19/26 (2006.01); B60R 19/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/34 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1826 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1866 (2013.01); B60R 2019/262 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a frame, a bumper, and a crush can that secures the bumper to the frame. The crush can includes a plurality of cells that are arranged in a fanned configuration relative to the frame such that walls of the cells deform during offset impact events to deflect objects away from the frame.