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AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJohn W. Jensen, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Brian Michael Siler, Satish Chandra Patne
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A bracket adapted to attach a running board to a rocker of a vehicle includes a body having a plurality of running board deflection-inducing portions. The body may include a torsional buckling-inducing portion comprising a rocker mounting portion defining an included angle to a vehicle y-axis and to a vehicle x-axis when mounted to the rocker. The body may further include a rotational moment-inducing portion comprising a stepped segment interposed between the rocker mounting portion and a running board-carrying portion. The rotational moment-inducing portion may further include a rocker mounting tab disposed adjacent to the stepped segment and a flange disposed at an interface of the stepped segment and the running board-carrying portion.
A bracket adapted to attach a running board to a rocker of a vehicle, comprising a body having a plurality of running board deflection-inducing portions, the plurality including at least a torsional buckling-inducing portion and a rotational moment-inducing portion wherein the torsional buckling-inducing portion comprises a rocker mounting portion defining an included angle to vehicle y-axis and to a vehicle x-axis when mounted to the rocker.
A running board assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
A method for attaching a running board to a rocker of a vehicle, comprising (a) attaching a running board to the rocker by a mounting bracket having a plurality of running board deflection-inducing portions including at least a torsional buckling-inducing portion and (b) providing the mounting bracket including a bracket body having the torsional buckling-inducing portion comprising a rocker mounting portion defining an included angle to a vehicle y-axis and to a vehicle x-axis when mounted to the rocker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.