# US 10,501,035 B2 · Vehicle frame component > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,501,035 B2 - Document ID: US10501035B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/970,483 - Filed: 2018-05-03 - Published: 2018-09-06 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-08-14 - Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Inventors: Ajay Kumar Gupta; Narayana Venugopal; John Charles Caris; Mark Wlotkowski; Charles Ko; Leonard Anthony Shaner - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10501035B2 ## CPC - B60R 19/00: Wheel guards; Radiator guards, {e.g. grilles}; Obstruction removers; Fittings damping bouncing force in collisions ({reinforcement elements for side doors B60J5/0412; } mudguards B62D) - A61M 25/02: Holding devices, e.g. on the body - B60R 19/26: comprising yieldable mounting means ({B60R19/38 takes precedence;} springs, shock absorbers, or means for damping vibrations per se F16F) - B60R 21/00: Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks (safety belts or body harnesses in vehicles B60R22/00; seats constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces, e.g. crash or safety seats, B60N2/42; energy-absorbing arrangements for hand wheels for steering vehicles B62D1/11; energy-absorbing arrangements for vehicle steering columns B62D1/19) - B62D 21/09: Means for mounting load bearing surfaces - B62D 21/152: {Front or rear frames} - B62D 21/155: {Sub-frames or underguards} - B62D 21/157: {for side impacts} - B62D 25/08: Front or rear portions {(sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions B62D21/11)} - B62D 25/082: {Engine compartments} - B62D 27/02: rigid - B62D 27/023: {Assembly of structural joints} - B62D 29/007: {predominantly of special steel or specially treated steel, e.g. stainless steel or locally surface hardened steel} - B62D 33/077: characterised by the connection of the superstructure to the vehicle frame {(B62D33/06 takes precedence)} - A61M 2025/0273: {having slits to place the pad around a catheter puncturing site} - B60R 19/02: Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects ({B60R19/56 takes precedence; initiating brake action by contact of bumper with an external object B60T7/22; for rail vehicles B61F19/04; safety equipment for cycles B62J27/00;} integral with waterborne vessels or specially adapted therefor B63B59/02) - B60R 2019/002: {Wheel guards} - B60R 2019/026: {Buffers, i.e. bumpers of limited extent} - B60R 2021/0004: {Frontal collision} - B60R 2021/0023: {Offset collision} - B60Y 2200/141: Light trucks - B60Y 2200/142: Heavy duty trucks - B60Y 2410/124: Welded parts - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY ## Abstract A vehicle frame component for limiting the movement of the wheel of the vehicle toward the cab of a cab on frame vehicle including a base member welded to openings in the frame side rail and extending outwardly and located proximal the wheel structure. In one embodiment the vehicle frame component is located forward of the wheel and includes a tire puncture device to deflate the tire during an offset front impact and in a second embodiment the vehicle frame component is located rearward of the wheel. The vehicle frame component has particular utility during an offset front impact where the offset is less than approximately twenty-five percent (25%) of the width of the vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle comprising: a frame rail including an inboard side, an outboard side, and an opening extending through the inboard side and the outboard side; a shock tower bracket coupled to the frame rail; a cab mount bracket coupled to the frame rail in a vehicle-rearward position relative to the shock tower bracket, the cab mount bracket extending outboard from the outboard side of the frame rail; and a blocker adjacent the cab mount bracket and coupled to the frame rail in a vehicle-rearward position relative to the shock tower bracket; the blocker extending outboard from the outboard side of the frame rail; and the blocker extending into the opening and being welded to the frame rail. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle as set forth in claim 1, wherein the blocker passes through the frame rail. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The vehicle as set forth in claim 2, wherein the blocker is welded to the frame rail at the opening. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The vehicle as set forth in claim 2, wherein the blocker is welded to the inboard side and the outboard side of the frame rail at the opening. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The vehicle as set forth in claim 4, wherein the cab mount bracket is coupled to the frame rail in a vehicle-rearward position relative to the blocker. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vehicle as set forth in claim 1, wherein the cab mount bracket is coupled to the frame rail in a vehicle-rearward position relative to the blocker. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The vehicle as set forth in claim 1, wherein the blocker is tubular. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The vehicle as set forth in claim 1, wherein the blocker is elongated in a cross-vehicle direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The vehicle as set forth in claim 1, wherein the blocker is cantilevered from outboard side of the frame rail. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The vehicle as set forth in claim 1, wherein the blocker includes a base member extending into the opening and welded to the frame rail. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The vehicle as set forth in claim 10, wherein the blocker includes an extension member fixed to the base member with a fastener, the extension extending outboard from the base member. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The vehicle as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a cab mounted to the cab mount bracket in a body-on-frame construction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The vehicle as set forth in claim 1, wherein the blocker is elongated outboard from the frame rail behind a path traveled by a front tire during forward movement of the front tire. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The vehicle as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a front tire, the blocker being between the cab mount bracket and the front tire. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The vehicle as set forth in claim 1, wherein: the blocker passes through the frame rail and is welded to the inboard and the outboard side of the frame rail at the opening; the blocker is tubular, cantilevered from outboard side of the frame rail, and elongated outboard from the frame rail behind a path traveled by a front tire during forward movement of the front tire elongated in a cross-vehicle direction; and the cab mount bracket is coupled to the frame rail in a vehicle-rearward position relative to the blocker. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The vehicle as set forth in claim 15, further comprising a cab mounted to the cab mount bracket in a body-on-frame construction. ### Claim 17 A vehicle comprising: a frame rail including an inboard side, an outboard side, and an opening extending through the inboard side and the outboard side; a cab mount bracket coupled to the frame rail and extending outboard from the outboard side of the frame rail; and a blocker adjacent the cab mount bracket and coupled to the frame rail; the blocker extending outboard from the outboard side of the frame rail; and the blocker extending into the opening and being welded to the frame rail. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The vehicle as set forth in claim 17, wherein: the blocker passes through the frame rail and is welded to the inboard and the outboard side of the frame rail at the opening; the blocker is cantilevered from outboard side of the frame rail; and the cab mount bracket is coupled to the frame rail in a vehicle-rearward position relative to the blocker. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The vehicle as set forth in claim 17, further comprising a cab mounted to the cab mount bracket in a body-on-frame construction. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The vehicle as set forth in claim 17, wherein the blocker includes a base member extending into the opening and welded to the frame rail, and an extension member fixed to the base member with a fastener, the extension member extending outboard from the base member.