Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rear drive unit detachment system and method
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Application No.: US15252759Application Date: 2016-08-31
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Publication No.: US10703413B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Dominik Mueller , Joergen Hilmann , Istvan Somogyvari , Djamel Bouzit , Deb Kumar Bonnerjee
- 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: King & Schickli, PLLC
- Agent Ray Coppiellie
- Main IPC: B62D21/15
- IPC: B62D21/15 ; B60K17/24 ; F16M13/02 ; B60K17/348

Abstract:
An RDU detachment system is provided and includes a front RDU mounting bracket, a rear RDU mounting bracket, a rear cross member including an inclined face oriented toward the RDU and at least one bushing connecting the rear RDU mounting bracket with the rear cross member. A method of detaching an RDU from a rear subframe of a motor vehicle in response to an impact force transmitted to the RDU through a driveline is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180057061A1 REAR DRIVE UNIT DETACHMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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