- Patent Title: Side sill assembly reinforced with a tube and box-shaped brackets
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Application No.: US15870164Application Date: 2018-01-12
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Publication No.: US10293862B1Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: Deepak Patel , Sushil Shastry , Robert Schwalm , Matthew B Makowski
- 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: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Vichit Chea
- Main IPC: B62D25/02
- IPC: B62D25/02

Abstract:
A side sill assembly for a vehicle includes an inner shell connected to an outer shell and a reinforcement assembly. The reinforcement assembly includes a longitudinally extending tube and a plurality of reinforcement brackets provided at longitudinally spaced locations along the length of the tube. The reinforcement brackets each include a front wall and a back wall connected by an outer side wall. The reinforcement brackets define recesses for receiving the tube that is welded to the front walls and the back walls where the tube contacts an edge of the recesses. The reinforcement brackets may include a top flange on a top edge and a base flange on a bottom edge of each of the front walls and back walls. An inner flange is provided on an inner edge of each of the front walls and back walls that is welded to the inner shell.
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