Short offset sheet metal reinforcement to limit rotation during crash

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9045166-B2
Application number	US-201313950528-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2013
Priority date	Jul 25, 2013
Publication date	Jun 2, 2015
Grant date	Jun 2, 2015

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. 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; and
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 continuous and uninterrupted gap is defined between a front o…

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Fellague Nour-Eddine

Classifications

• B62D21/157

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B62D25/04 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic