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US 11,590,832 B1Granted
Vehicle door reinforcement assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDeepak Patel, Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk
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Abstract
An assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle body including a sill and a pillar extending upwardly from the sill defining a door opening. A member is rotatably supported by the sill and is rotatable relative to the sill from an undeployed position to a deployed position. A link is rotatably supported by the pillar and the member. A pyrotechnic actuator is supported by the vehicle body and is connected to the member.
Claims17
An assembly comprising:
- a vehicle body including a sill and a pillar extending upwardly from the sill defining a door opening;
- a member rotatably supported by the sill and being rotatable relative to the sill from an undeployed position to a deployed position;
- a linkage rotatably supported by the pillar and the member;
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- a pyrotechnic actuator supported by the vehicle body and connected to the member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.