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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Andrew P. Thomas, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/04 (2006.01); B60R 21/213 (2011.01); B60R 21/16 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/213 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0006 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0048 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0414 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0435 (2013.01); B60R 2021/161 (2013.01);
Abstract
A side pillar air curtain guide includes a main body having an air curtain ramp formed by a plurality of ribs. Those ribs project from the main body at an acute and included angle with the main body so as to provide enhanced deformability in a horizontal direction as an energy absorbing countermeasure in the event of a head impact by an occupant of the vehicle when in a side impact collision.