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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Tau Tyan, Northville, MI (US);
Yu-Kan Hu, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Ajay Kumar Gupta, Troy, MI (US);
Mark Wlotkowski, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Narayana Venugopal, Northville, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle assembly that includes a strengthening member having a twelve-cornered cross section along at least a portion of the strengthening member, and an automotive component having a four-cornered cross section along at least a portion of the automotive component. The cross section of one of the strengthening member and the automotive component transitions between twelve corners and four corners to facilitate a connection between the strengthening member and the automotive component.