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US 10,300,951 B2Granted
Tie string attachment between vehicle sub-frame and rear floor
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorNour-Eddine Fellague
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Abstract
A vehicle floor assembly may include a frame and a floor panel attached to the frame via a plurality of mount fasteners, a plurality of string attachments, each welded to the frame and the floor panel to further attach the frame and the floor panel in addition to the mount fasteners and to provide additional resistance to buckling of the floor panel or the frame during a collision.
Claims17
A vehicle floor assembly, comprising
- a frame and a floor panel attached to the frame via a plurality of mount fasteners, and
- a plurality of string attachments each including a first end to be welded to a portion of the floor panel and a second end to be welded to a portion of the frame to further attach the frame and the panel in addition to the fasteners and to provide additional resistance to buckling of the panel or the frame during a collision.
A vehicle floor assembly, comprising
- a frame and a floor panel attached to the frame via at least one pair of symmetrical string attachments, each of the pair being welded to the frame and the floor panel to provide resistance to buckling of the floor panel or the frame during a collision,
- wherein each of the pair is arranged at a same distance from a vehicle periphery on opposite sides of vehicle floor assembly.
A vehicle floor assembly, comprising
- a frame and a floor panel attached to the frame via a plurality of mount fasteners, and
- a plurality of string attachments each including a first end to be welded to a portion of the floor panel and a second end to be welded to a portion of the frame to provide additional resistance to buckling of the floor panel or the frame during a collision.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.