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US 2015/0028627 A1Published application
Short offset sheet metal reinforcement to limit rotation during crash
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorNour-Eddine Fellague
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Abstract
A vehicle frame includes a pillar having inner and outer members and an interior surface defining a cavity. A first reinforcement is disposed in the cavity and welded to the interior surface. A second reinforcement includes first and second edges and a channel extending therebetween. The first and second edges are welded to the first reinforcement and the channel is positioned distal from the first reinforcement proximate a deflection area of the pillar.
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A vehicle frame comprising:
- a pillar having an interior surface defining a pillar cavity and a deflection area;
- a U-shaped first reinforcement at least partially disposed on the interior surface at the deflection area;
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- a U-shaped second reinforcement coupled to and positioned within a cavity defined by the first reinforcement at first and second edges of the second reinforcement, wherein a gap is defined between a front of the first reinforcement and a rear of the second reinforcement proximate the deflection area.
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A vehicle frame comprising:
- a pillar having inner and outer members and an interior surface defining a cavity;
- a first reinforcement having a first channel and disposed in the cavity and welded to the interior surface;
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- a second reinforcement having first and second edges and a second channel extending therebetween, wherein the first and second edges are welded to the first reinforcement such that the second reinforcement is positioned within the first channel and the second channel is positioned to open away from the first reinforcement and towards a deflection zone defined within the inner member and distal from the second reinforcement.
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A vehicle frame comprising:
- a pillar having inner and outer members defining a cavity and an outward deflection zone;
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- first and second reinforcements within the cavity adjacent the outward deflection zone, each of the first and second reinforcements having a U-shaped opening directed toward the inner member, the second inner reinforcement nested within the first reinforcement to define a gap between a front of the first reinforcement and a rear of the second reinforcement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.