Keith K Jenkins

US Patent:

20180111453, Apr 26, 2018

Filed:

Oct 24, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/332405

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati - Westland MI, US
Djamal Eddine Midoun - Ann Arbor MI, US
Keith William Jenkins - Plymouth MI, US

International Classification:

B60J 5/04

Abstract:

A supplemental load transfer system for a vehicle includes a vehicle kick-up cross-member and a door trim panel configured to attach to a vehicle door member. The door trim panel includes a pusher disposed to transfer an impact load to the kick-up cross-member. The pusher may be configured as a matrix formed by a plurality of columns and substantially orthogonal connecting ribs to define a plurality of receivers. One or more of the receivers may be at least partially filled with a load-transferring substrate. The one or more receivers may be disposed at a bottom portion of the pusher. One or more columns of the plurality of columns may be oriented whereby an impact-receiving end and an impact-transmitting end of the pusher define different surface areas.

US Patent:

20150291105, Oct 15, 2015

Filed:

Apr 9, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/248613

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
Keith William Jenkins - Plymouth MI, US

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B60R 7/10
B60N 3/02

Abstract:

An accessory attachment assembly for a vehicle interior includes a mounting bracket having a mounting aperture and first and second retention tabs pivotally coupled to the mounting bracket at the mounting aperture. A hook member includes a hook portion and an open frame portion. The open frame portion is releasably received in the mounting aperture of the mounting bracket in assembly. The first and second retention tabs are operably coupled to the open frame portion of the hook member as the open frame portion is received in the mounting aperture. A release aperture is disposed on one of either the first and second retention tabs and is configured to receive a tool for releasing the first and second retention tabs from the open frame portion of the hook member to release the hook member from the mounting bracket.