Vehicle frame structure

US10494028B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Chelliah Madasamy · Canton, US
• Laike Misikir · Ann Arbor, US
• Djamal Eddine Midoun · Ann Arbor, US
• Jamil M. Alwan · Ann Arbor, US
• Thiag Subbian · Farmington Hills, US
• Thomas Mueller · Cologne, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 2017
• Grant date: Dec 3, 2019
• Expiry date: Sep 2, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D21/155
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle includes a body having a first rail and an upper rail spaced from the first rail. The upper rail has a base portion and a top prong and a bottom prong each extending from the base portion. The vehicle includes a bumper connected to the first rail and to the top prong, and a subframe connected to the bottom prong.