Splayed front horns for vehicle frames

US11807303B2 · 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: Mar 2, 2022
• Grant date: Nov 7, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 2, 2042

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 disclosed herein includes a first structural member extending along an axial direction of a vehicle, a second structural member coupled to the first structural member, the second structural member splayed relative the first structural member, second structural member including a first section having a first material property, the first section adjacent to the first structural member, and a second section joined to the first section, the second section having a second material property, the first material property different than the second material property.