Vehicle frame assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJamil M. Alwan, Djamal Eddine Midoun, Sean Timothy Ryan, Hassan Najib Dubaisi, Harish Honnavalli Dutt, Peyman Aghssa, Zakareia H. Hussain
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a pair of frame rails elongated along a longitudinal axis, each of the frame rails having a downward deformation zone, the frame rails bendable at the downward deformation zones from a first position to a second position beneath the first position. The vehicle includes a tire supported between the pair of frame rails at the downward deformation zones. The vehicle includes a spare tire retention member supported between the pair of frame rails forward of the downward deformation zones.
Claims20
A vehicle, comprising:
- a pair of frame rails elongated along a longitudinal axis, each of the frame rails having a downward deformation zone, the frame rails bendable at the downward deformation zones from a first position to a second position beneath the first position;
- a tire supported between the pair of frame rails at the downward deformation zones;
- and
- a spare tire retention member supported between the pair of frame rails forward of the downward deformation zones.
An assembly, comprising:
- a pair of frame rails elongated along a longitudinal axis, each of the frame rails having a downward deformation zone, the frame rails bendable at the downward deformation zones from a first position to a second position beneath the first position;
- and
- a spare tire retention member supported between the between the pair of frame rails forward of the downward deformation zones.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.