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US 10,703,317 B2Granted
Armrest assembly with engineered lateral bending stiffness
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsYi Yang Tay, Linh Doan, Bhavani Thota, Li Lu, Michael Gerard Orlowsky, Brian Pietila
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Abstract
An armrest assembly includes a body outlining a crushable space. The body includes a first deformation initiating feature, a second deformation initiating feature, a deformation propagating feature and a fracture initiating feature provided at spaced locations around the crushable space. The features function to dissipate energy in the event of a side impact and therefore force or load that might be transmitted to a motor vehicle occupant as a result of a side impact.
Claims18
An armrest assembly, comprising:
- a body outlining a crushable space, said body including an outer wall, a support shelf inside said outer wall wherein an inner margin of said support shelf borders said crushable space, a first deformation initiating feature provided in said outer wall, a deformation propagating feature provided in said support shelf and a fracture initiating feature provided at spaced locations around said crushable space.
An armrest assembly, comprising:
- a body outlining a crushable space, said body including an outer wall, a support shelf inside said outer wall, a first deformation initiating feature, a deformation propagating feature provided in said support shelf and a fracture initiating feature provided in said outer wall at spaced locations around said crushable space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.