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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Dragan B. Stojkovic, Taylor, MI (US);
Colleen Marie Hoffman, Canton, MI (US);
Vince Chimento, Plymouth, MI (US);
Matthew Forsyth, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 13/00 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01); B21D 39/06 (2006.01); F16B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 13/0076 (2013.01); B21D 39/06 (2013.01); F16B 17/004 (2013.01); F16M 13/02 (2013.01); Y10T 16/088 (2015.01);
Abstract
A support assembly for an assembly comprised of an extruded member that defines a cavity, the member including an opening having a plurality of sides, and a crush tube inserted into the cavity of the member and mechanically retained in the member at or near a desired location by flanging the sides of the opening into an open end of the crush tube.