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US 11,447,181 B2Granted
Structural component for a superstructure of a vehicle, and vehicle superstructure
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMarius Sawatzki, Stefan Schneider, Michael Spurling, Joergen Hilmann, Dominik Mueller, Daniel Meckenstock
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Abstract
Systems are provided for a structural element. In one example, a system comprises a structural element arranged between a steering column and a front bumper, wherein the structural element at least partially surrounds the steering column.
Claims18
A structural component for a superstructure of a vehicle, comprising:
- a first and a second elongate longitudinal structural element spaced apart from each other and extending in a same longitudinal direction, an elongate transverse structural element which connects the first and the second elongate longitudinal structural elements together and extends transversely to the first and second elongate longitudinal structural elements, and an elongate structural support web which extends both transversely to the first and second elongate longitudinal structural elements and to the transverse structural element, wherein the first and second elongate longitudinal structural elements and the structural support web are each configured to be connected to the superstructure of the vehicle, and wherein the structural support web is transverse to each of the first and second elongate longitudinal structural elements and to the elongate transverse structural element.
A vehicle superstructure having a longitudinal member and a crossmember connected thereto and running substantially transversely thereto, the vehicle superstructure, comprising:
- a structural component coupled to a longitudinal member and a crossmember, wherein a structural support web of the structural component is connected to the longitudinal member and a first of two longitudinal structural elements of the structural component is connected to the crossmember and a second of two longitudinal structural elements is connected to the crossmember or to the longitudinal member, and wherein the structural support web is transverse to each of the longitudinal member and the crossmember.
A system, comprising:
- a structural component arranged in a front end of a vehicle between a steering column and a front bumper, wherein the structural component is physically coupled to a first longitudinal member and a cross-member, wherein the cross-member is physically coupled to the first longitudinal member and a second longitudinal member at opposite extreme ends, wherein the structural component comprises a first longitudinal structural element, a second longitudinal structural element, and a transverse structural element extending from the second longitudinal member to the first longitudinal member, the transverse structural element transverse to both the first longitudinal member and the second longitudinal member, and further comprising a support web coupled to the first longitudinal member and transverse to each of the first longitudinal member, the second longitudinal member, and the transverse structural element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.