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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mangala A. Jayasuriya, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Robert William McCoy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kenneth S. Laird, Canton, MI (US);
Linh Doan, Belleville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A collapsible vehicular armrest substrate includes load-bearing strips extending across a gap defined within a support frame. A first tunable element secures the load-bearing strips in a support position on the support frame. A first tension-adjusting portion sets a predetermined first tension limit of the first tunable element. The load-bearing strips disengage from the support position when the first tunable element experiences an actual tension greater than the predetermined first tension limit.