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AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAjay Kumar Gupta, Narayana Venugopal, John Charles Caris, Mark Wlotkowski, Charles Ko, Leonard Anthony Shaner
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A vehicle frame component for limiting the movement of the wheel of the vehicle toward the cab of a cab on frame vehicle including a base member welded to openings in the frame side rail and extending outwardly and located proximal the wheel structure. In one embodiment the vehicle frame component is located forward of the wheel and includes a tire puncture device to deflate the tire during an offset front impact and in a second embodiment the vehicle frame component is located rearward of the wheel. The vehicle frame component has particular utility during an offset front impact where the offset is less than approximately twenty-five percent (25%) of the width of the vehicle.
An apparatus for limiting movement of a front wheel of a vehicle during an offset frontal impact, the apparatus comprising:
An apparatus for limiting movement of a front wheel of a vehicle during an offset frontal impact, the apparatus comprising:
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