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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
May. 27, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Matthew David George Shynn, Earls Colne, GB;
Bradley Staines, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Joerg Reim, Cologne, DE;
Matthew Sykes, Wickford, GB;
Jon Horseman, Braintree, GB;
Peter Brook, South Woodham Ferrers, GB;
Alan Thorpe, Harlow Essex, GB;
Raise Ahmed, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle body structure includes a frame rail and a bracket attached to the rail and adapted for attaching an engine mount. The bracket has a first portion secured to the frame rail beneath the engine mount and at least one cantilever portion projecting at one end beyond the first portion. The cantilever portion defines an anchoring point for attachment of the engine mount that is spaced from the frame rail so that the portion of the frame rail beneath the anchoring point may undergo controlled deformation in the event of a front end vehicle collision.