Gennadiy Goldenshteyn

US Patent:

20080290642, Nov 27, 2008

Filed:

May 24, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/753089

Inventors:

Joseph Lee Buchwitz - Huntington Woods MI, US
Noah Barlow Mass - Ann Arbor MI, US
Venkat Lakshminarayan - Ann Arbor MI, US
Gennadiy Goldenshteyn - Dearborn MI, US
Andrew Charles Samyn - Belleville MI, US

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B62D 21/15
B60R 21/23

US Classification:

280784, 180274, 2807281

Abstract:

A system for clearing crush space in an automotive vehicle, the system including a vehicle having a passenger compartment, an impact displaced component assembled to the vehicle in a spaced relationship to the passenger compartment, an intervening component mounted on the vehicle between the passenger compartment and the impact displaced component, an active component secured to the vehicle in close proximity to the intervening component, a controller mounted on the vehicle, the controller activating the active component when the vehicle is involved in a collision, and the active component causing the intervening component to move when the active component is activated wherein crush space for movement of the impact displaced component is at least partially cleared in the event of a collision.