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US 12,522,145 B2Granted
Vehicles including frangible storage compartment sealing devices
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTroy N. Grantham, Haley L. Grantham
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle frame member, a storage compartment, and a sealing device coupling the storage compartment to the vehicle frame member. At least a portion of the sealing device is configured to move in a downward vehicle vertical direction upon a force exceeding a predetermined threshold being applied against an upper end of the sealing device.
Claims16
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle frame member;
- a storage compartment;
- and
- a sealing device coupling the storage compartment to the vehicle frame member,
- wherein at least a portion of the sealing device is configured to move in a downward vehicle vertical direction upon a force exceeding a predetermined threshold being applied against an upper end of the sealing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.