US 11,807,303 B2
Splayed front horns for vehicle frames
Greg Gombert, Canton, MI (US); Jeffrey A. Walesch, Canton, MI (US); Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US); Yu-Kan Hu, Ypsilanti, MI (US); Mikolaj Tyksinski, Dearborn, MI (US); Sukhwinder Singh Dhindsa, Windsor (CA); Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Srinivasan Sundararajan, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/684,963.
Application 17/684,963 is a continuation of application No. 16/703,727, filed on Dec. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,292,522.
Prior Publication US 2022/0185378 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/152 (2013.01) [B62D 21/155 (2013.01); B62D 27/023 (2013.01); B62D 29/007 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first structural member extending along an axial direction of a vehicle;
a second structural member coupled to the first structural member, the second structural member splayed relative the first structural member, second structural member including:
a first section including a hollow first end, the first section having a first material property, the first section adjacent to the first structural member; and
a second section having a hollow second end joined to the first end of the first section, the second section having a second material property, the first material property different than the second material property, the first end and the second end having a same cross-section.