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Vehicle body reinforcing brace

US9828035B1 · kind B1 · utility

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4References

18Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Abdelmonaam Sassi · Windsor, CA
Matthew B. Makowski · Northville, US
Frank Timm · Cologne, DE
Tofiqul Islam · Rochester Hills, US
Matthias Hofmann · Schweinfurt, DE
Christopher John May · Novi, US
Jaspinder S. Sahi · Novi, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 9, 2016
Grant date	Nov 28, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 9, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60Y2410/124
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle body includes a roof rail elongated along a longitudinal axis, and first and second bows each connected to the roof rail. A brace includes a base, a first arm and a second arm. The base is elongated along the longitudinal axis, with the first arm extending from the base along the first bow and fixed to the first bow, and the second arm spaced from the first arm and extending from the base along the second bow and fixed to the second bow.

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