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US 2019/0337364 A1Published application
Vehicle trim panel interlock for limiting trim panel separation during an impact condition
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsGary Mullen, Bhavani Thota, Daniel Morin, Juergen Koehler, Linh Doan
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Abstract
A vehicle door includes a first interlock coupled to an inner frame panel. A second interlock coupled to an inner trim panel. The first and second interlocks are separated to define a ready state. During an impact condition, the first and second interlocks selectively engage one another to define an impact state that resists deflection of the inner trim panel away from the inner frame panel.
Claims20
A vehicle door comprising:
- a first interlock coupled to an inner frame panel;
- and
- a second interlock coupled to an inner trim panel;
- wherein
- the first and second interlocks are separated to define a ready state;
- and
- during an impact condition, the first and second interlocks selectively engage one another to define an impact state that resists deflection of the inner trim panel away from the inner frame panel.
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A vehicle door comprising:
- inner trim and inner frame panels that define a door cavity therebetween;
- and
- a deflection interlock disposed within the door cavity and selectively operable from a ready state to an impact state, wherein the impact state is defined by the deflection interlock securing the inner frame panel to the inner trim panel at a predetermined deflection distance in response to an impact condition.
A vehicle comprising:
- a door having a frame panel and an inner panel;
- and
- a deflection interlock extending between the frame panel and the interior panel;
- wherein:
- the deflection interlock is selectively operable from a disconnected ready state to a connected impact state;
- and
- the connected impact state is defined by the deflection interlock securing the frame panel to the interior panel at a predetermined deflection distance in response to an impact condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.