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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Shaikh Akhlaque-E-Rasul, Windsor, CA;
Nitesh Chandrakant Jadhav, Canton, MI (US);
William Moore Sherwood, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/0441 (2013.01); B60J 5/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a door and an impact absorbing structure. The door has an interior panel. The impact absorbing structure is secured to an inner surface of the interior panel. The impact absorbing structure has a centrally located hub and a plurality of spokes extending radially outward from the hub toward a peripheral boundary of the interior panel.