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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ryan Craig, Harrison Township, MI (US);
Akshay Kulkarni, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Chris Stephen O'Connor, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/00 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/155 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle body that includes a rocker fixed to an underbody. The rocker and the under body at least in part define a front wheel well of the vehicle. A rim engagement member is cantilevered from the underbody and extends into the wheel well. The rim engagement member snags a rim of a front wheel of the vehicle and directs movement of a front wheel of the vehicle away from intrusion into a floor and/or dash of the vehicle.