Vehicle frame component

US9233716B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Djamal Eddine Midoun · Ann Arbor, US
• Jamil M. Alwan · Ann Arbor, US
• Joe L. Buchwitz · Huntington Woods, US
• Hermann J. Salenbauch · Bloomfield Hills, US
• Steven Mayes · Anna, US
• Jonatan Leff Yaffe · Mexico City, MX

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 2014
• Grant date: Jan 12, 2016
• Expiry date: Jun 6, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D21/152
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A body on frame vehicle includes a SORB impact load management system including front blocker structures for limiting transfer of the SORB impact loads from being transferred to the passenger compartment area. A SORB impact load transfer apparatus in the form of a cable extends between the front end horns of the side rails of the frame to transfer SORB impact loads from the impacted side across the vehicle frame. In a second embodiment of the impact load transfer apparatus, the ends of the cables are coupled to the front sides of the front blocker structures and the cable is routed through the front end horns of the side rails of the frame to transfer SORB impact loads from the impacted side across the vehicle frame.