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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Matthew B. Makowski, Northville, MI (US);
Jayanth Kumar Basavalingiah, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Jamil M. Alwan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Tanveer Pasha Mahaboob Sab, Farmington, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle frame includes a first frame rail and a second frame rail spaced from each other. A casing is supported by the first frame rail, and elongated in a direction extending away from the second frame rail. The casing is deformable relative to the first frame rail, and houses an electronic component. During a vehicle small offset frontal impact, the casing moves from an initial position to a deflected position, deflecting some of the load of the impact away from backup structures of the vehicle. In the deflected position, the casing may also contact a front portion of a wheel, positioning the front portion of the wheel inboard the frame of the vehicle relative to a rear portion of the wheel, which may minimize the load transferred to the backup structures and/or detach the wheel from the vehicle to minimize the possibility of intrusion into the backup structures.