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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Keith William Jenkins, Plymouth, MI (US);
Deepak Patel, Canton, MI (US);
Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati, Westland, MI (US);
Djamal Eddine Midoun, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
According to one aspect of the present invention, a load-transmittal system for a vehicle includes a cross member of a vehicle frame extending substantially perpendicular to a vehicle door. A pusher is disposed within a cavity defined between inner and outer sheet metal panels of the vehicle door, wherein the pusher is disposed distal from the cross member to define an idle state. A container receptacle is disposed between the pusher and the cross member, wherein the container receptacle defines a transmittal zone of the vehicle door. When the vehicle door experiences a side-impact load, the side-impact load moves the pusher through the transmittal zone and into at least partial engagement with the cross member to define a collapsed position of the pusher. In this manner, the side-impact load is transferred through the pusher to the cross member.
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