Vehicle sill reinforcement

US9493190B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Jamil M. Alwan · Ann Arbor, US
• Abdelmonaam Sassi · Windsor, CA
• Thiag Subbian · Farmington Hills, US
• Djamal Eddine Midoun · Ann Arbor, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 15, 2016
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60Y2306/01
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle sill reinforcement includes a first elongate member and a second elongate member. Each of the first elongate member and the second elongate member includes steps and walls disposed in alternating arrangement along an axis. The walls of the first elongate member are fixed to the walls of the second elongate member. The steps of the first elongate member and the steps of the second elongate member are aligned along the axis and define cavities therebetween. The steps and walls of the sill reinforcement resist buckling in response to both vertical and horizontal components of impact force applied to the sill reinforcement.