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Granted Patent B2
US 11,505,259 · App. 17/731,751 · Granted Nov 22, 2022

Canopy windshield retention

Inventors: Jamil M. Alwan (Ann Arbor, MI); Chunhui Kevin Lee (Troy, MI); Thiag Subbian (Farmington Hills, MI); Djamal Eddine Midoun (Ann Arbor, MI); Suraj Jadhav (Farmington Hills, MI); Petros Frantzeskakis (Canton, MI)
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
B62D25/08B62D25/02B60J1/02B60R13/025B60R2011/0022B62D25/04
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,505,259
App. No.
17/731,751
Granted
Nov 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a vehicle that includes a windshield and a frame. In addition, the vehicle includes a first pillar that extends from one side of the windshield. The first pillar includes a first wall and a second wall coupled to the first wall. The first pillar also includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a first interior support coupled to the first wall and a second interior support coupled to the second wall. Further, the first interior support includes a first end which is spaced from a second end in the second portion.

Claims (22)

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a canopy windshield;

a body;

a windshield retention beam; and

a first side beam that extends from the windshield retention beam to the body, the first side beam including:

a first portion coupled to the windshield retention beam;

a second portion; and

a third portion coupled to the body, the second portion between the first portion and the third portion.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the third portion of the first side beam includes a first end coupled to the body and a second end coupled to the second portion, the second end being smaller in a first direction than the first end in the first direction.

3. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the third portion includes a plurality of openings at edges of the third portion.

4. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the first portion has a curvature from the windshield retention beam to the second portion, the first portion having a first end closer to an end of the canopy windshield than a second end in a first direction.

5. A vehicle, comprising:

a windshield;

a body;

a windshield retention beam;

a first pillar; and

a first side beam that extends from the windshield retention beam to the body, the first side beam including:

a first portion coupled to the windshield retention beam;

a second portion; and

a third portion coupled to the body, the second portion between the first portion and the third portion, wherein the third portion of the first side beam includes a first end coupled to the body and a second end coupled to the second portion, the second end being smaller in a first direction than the first end in the first direction.

6. The vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the third portion includes a plurality of openings at edges of the third portion.

7. The vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the first portion has a curvature from the windshield retention beam to the second portion, the first portion having a first end closer to an end of the windshield than a second end in a first direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2022
From: ALWAN, JAMIL M.; LEE, CHUNHUI KEVIN; SUBBIAN, THIAG; MIDOUN, DJAMAL EDDINE; JADHAV, SURAJ; FRANTZESKAKIS, PETROS
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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Continuity (2)
Division 17127748 · Dec 18, 2020
Related Publication 20220250688A1 · Aug 11, 2022