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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abdelmonaam Sassi, Windsor, CA;
Matthew B. Makowski, Northville, MI (US);
Frank Timm, Cologne, DE;
Tofiqul Islam, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Matthias Hofmann, Langenfeld, DE;
Christopher John May, Novi, MI (US);
Jaspinder S. Sahi, Novi, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle body includes a roof rail elongated along a longitudinal axis, and first and second bows each connected to the roof rail. A brace includes a base, a first arm and a second arm. The base is elongated along the longitudinal axis, with the first arm extending from the base along the first bow and fixed to the first bow, and the second arm spaced from the first arm and extending from the base along the second bow and fixed to the second bow.