Vehicle frame

US10214243B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Marwan Ahmad Elbkaily · Canton, US
• Tushar B. Kamble · Farmington, US
• Gururaj Aralikatti · Farmington, US
• Greg Gombert · Canton, US
• Benjamin Mansfield · Livonia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 11, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 26, 2019
• Expiry date: Sep 6, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D21/02
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle frame includes two frame rails fixed relative to each other and each having a tubular shape defining an exterior surface and an interior surface, a crush-initiating notch on each exterior surface, and a reinforcement extending along each interior surface and positioned in a vehicle-rearward direction from the notches.