Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Underbody mounted rim engagement member
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Application No.: US14952460Application Date: 2015-11-25
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Publication No.: US09694853B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Ryan Craig , Akshay Kulkarni , Chris Stephen O'Connor
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Frank MacKenzie
- Main IPC: B60R19/00
- IPC: B60R19/00 ; B62D21/15

Abstract:
A vehicle includes a vehicle body that includes a rocker fixed to an underbody. The rocker and the under body at least in part define a front wheel well of the vehicle. A rim engagement member is cantilevered from the underbody and extends into the wheel well. The rim engagement member snags a rim of a front wheel of the vehicle and directs movement of a front wheel of the vehicle away from intrusion into a floor and/or dash of the vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170144707A1 UNDERBODY MOUNTED RIM ENGAGEMENT MEMBER Public/Granted day:2017-05-25
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