Splayed front horns for vehicle frames

US11292522B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Greg Gombert · Canton, US
• Jeffrey A. Walesch · Canton, US
• Leonard Anthony Shaner · New Baltimore, US
• Yu-Kan Hu · Ypsilanti, US
• Mikolaj Tyksinski · Dearborn, US
• Sukhwinder Singh Dhindsa · Windsor, CA
• Mohamed Ridha Baccouche · Ann Arbor, US
• Srinivasan Sundararajan · Ann Arbor, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 4, 2019
• Grant date: Apr 5, 2022
• Expiry date: Jan 5, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D29/007
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Splayed front horn for vehicle frames are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a frame of a vehicle having a side rail directed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a splayed front horn coupled to the side rail, the splayed front horn angled outward relative to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein the splayed front horn includes a first section and a second section, the first and second sections having different physical properties.