Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Open-frame vehicle having a two-piece trim member
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Application No.: US16883214Application Date: 2020-05-26
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Publication No.: US11370367B2Publication Date: 2022-06-28
- Inventor: Kirk Robert Goleniak , John Rudolph , Eric Axel Smitterberg , Chuck R. Reese , Srivardhan Tallapragada , Jay Douglas Blackson
- 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: Price Heneveld LLP
- Agent Vichit Chea
- Main IPC: B60R13/02
- IPC: B60R13/02 ; B60R21/213 ; B60R21/215 ; B60R21/216 ; B60R21/23

Abstract:
A vehicle includes a frame. The vehicle is an open-frame vehicle. The frame includes an A-pillar, a B-pillar, and a roof siderail. The roof siderail extends between the A-pillar and the B-pillar. An A-pillar trim member is coupled to the A-pillar and includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion defines an aperture that receives the second portion. A B-pillar trim member is coupled to the B-pillar. A roof siderail trim member is coupled to the roof siderail and extends between the A-pillar trim member and the B-pillar trim member. An inflatable member is positioned between the frame and at least two of the A-pillar trim member, the B-pillar trim member, and the roof siderail trim member when the inflatable member is in a deflated state. An inflated state of the inflatable member separates the second portion of the A-pillar trim member from the aperture of the A-pillar trim member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210370851A1 OPEN-FRAME VEHICLE HAVING A TWO-PIECE TRIM MEMBER Public/Granted day:2021-12-02
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