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US 11,485,203 B2Granted
Deployable reinforcement for vehicle door
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
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Abstract
A vehicle-door reinforcement includes a first beam elongated along an axis between a first end and a second end. The vehicle-door reinforcement includes a hinged beam elongated along the axis. The hinged beam includes a first segment and a second segment hinged to each other. The first segment is engaged with the first beam and the second segment is slideably engaged with the first beam. The vehicle-door reinforcement includes an actuator fixed to the first beam and connected to the second segment.
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A vehicle door, comprising:
- a door panel;
- a first beam elongated along an axis between a first end and a second end, the first end and the second end being fixed to the door panel;
- a hinged beam elongated along the axis, the hinged beam including a first segment and a second segment hinged to each other, the first segment being engaged with the first beam and the second segment being slideably engaged with the first beam;
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- an actuator fixed to the first beam and connected to the second segment.
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A vehicle-door reinforcement, comprising:
- a first beam elongated along an axis between a first end and a second end;
- a hinged beam elongated along the axis, the hinged beam including a first segment and a second segment hinged to each other, the first segment being engaged with the first beam and the second segment being slideably engaged with the first beam;
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- an actuator fixed to the first beam and connected to the second segment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.