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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Bradley Staines, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Steven Busby, Zurich, CH;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/34 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B21D 39/02 (2006.01); B21D 53/88 (2006.01); B60R 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/34 (2013.01); B21D 39/026 (2013.01); B21D 53/88 (2013.01); B60R 19/023 (2013.01); B62D 21/152 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A crash structure for a vehicle includes a crash can having a plurality of indents and a support rail aligned longitudinally with the crash can. The support rail has an inboard surface region having a further indent to facilitate inward deformation of the crash structure, and an opposite surface region having a continuous surface opposite the further indent. A method of manufacturing a crash structure is also provided.