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US 12,485,841 B2Granted
Vehicle with bumper and crush cans
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Saeed D. Barbat
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a frame and a bumper. The vehicle includes a first crush can attached to the frame. The first crush can is between the frame and the bumper. The first crush can has a first length. The vehicle includes a second crush can attached to the frame. The second crush can is between the frame and the bumper. The second crush can has a second length less than the first length. The vehicle includes a pyrotechnic device supported by the frame, the pyrotechnic device actuatable to detach the first crush can from the frame.
Claims18
A vehicle, comprising:
- a frame;
- a bumper;
- a first crush can attached to the frame, the first crush can between the frame and the bumper, the first crush can having a first length;
- a second crush can attached to the frame, the second crush can between the frame and the bumper, the second crush can having a second length less than the first length;
- and
- a pyrotechnic device supported by the frame, the pyrotechnic device actuatable to detach the first crush can from the frame.
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