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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Shaikh Akhlaque-e-rasul, Windsor, CA;
Zhenyan Gao, Northville, MI (US);
Cheng Luo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Bill Moore Sherwood, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/157 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B62D 25/2036 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A frame assembly for a vehicle includes a rocker elongated along an axis and defining a tubular cavity elongated along the axis. The vehicle frame assembly includes a sealed pressurized insert disposed in the cavity and elongated along the axis. The sealed pressurized insert increases the stiffness of the rocker, i.e., decreases the likelihood of deformation of the rocker during an impact of the vehicle, such as a side impact.