Twenty-eight-cornered strengthening member for vehicles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10538271-B2
Application number	US-201916279377-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2019
Priority date	Aug 30, 2016
Publication date	Jan 21, 2020
Grant date	Jan 21, 2020

Abstract

A vehicle includes a strengthening member having a cross section including twenty-eight corners. The cross section has twenty-eight sides arranged to create twenty internal angles and eight external angles.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a strengthening member comprising a cross section including twenty-eight corners and having twenty-eight sides arranged to create twenty internal angles and eight external angles.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the strengthening member is, or forms part of, at least one vehicle structural member selected from the group consisting of:
a crush can, a front horn, a front rail, a front side rail, a rear side rail, a rear rail, a frame cross member, a shotgun, a hinge-pillar, an A-pillar, a B-pillar, a C-pillar, a door beam, a cross car beam, a front header, a rear header, a cow top, a roof rail, a lateral roof bow, longitudinal roof bow, a body cross member, a back panel cross member, a rocker, an underbody cross member, and an engine compartment cross member.

3. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein:
the strengthening member further comprises at least one recessed area extending along a length of the strengthening member; and
a brake line, pipe, electric wire, cable, and/or seatbelt is disposed within the recessed area.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Tyan Tau
• Hu Yu-Kan
• Shaner Leonard Anthony

Classifications

• F16F7/124

  characterised by their special construction from fibre-reinforced plastics · CPC title

• B62D21/00

  Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted (combined frame and vehicle body B62D23/00 {; characterised by the material thereof B62D29/00}) · CPC title

• F16F7/12

  using plastic deformation of members {(F16F9/30 takes precedence; yieldable means for mounting bumpers on vehicles B60R19/26; yieldable or collapsible steering columns B62D1/192)} · CPC title

• F16F7/128

  characterised by the members, e.g. a flat strap, yielding through stretching, pulling apart · CPC title

• B62D25/00 Primary

  Superstructure {or monocoque structure} sub-units; Parts or details thereof not otherwise provided for {(having impact absorbing means B62D21/15; running-boards, steps, or the like as superstructure sub-unit B60R3/00)} · CPC title