Chassis for a motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStefan Schneider, Dominik Mueller, Marius Sawatzki, Daniel Meckenstock
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Abstract
A chassis for a motor vehicle includes a longitudinal axis, at least one longitudinal member, and a front bumper fastened to the longitudinal member. The front bumper includes a region protruding over the longitudinal member in the lateral direction (y-direction). The chassis includes a support which has a transverse limb and a longitudinal limb. The longitudinal member has an outer face and the support is fastened at the transverse limb to the outer face of the longitudinal member. The transverse limb extends laterally to the outer face. The longitudinal limb adjoins the transverse limb laterally on the outside and extends in the longitudinal direction away from the front bumper.
Claims11
A chassis comprising:
- a longitudinal member elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis;
- a front bumper supported by the longitudinal member, the front bumper including an outboard region protruding outboard relative to the longitudinal member in a vehicle-lateral direction;
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- a support having a transverse limb and a longitudinal limb;
- the transverse limb being fixed to the longitudinal member and extending outboard from longitudinal member in the vehicle-lateral direction;
- the longitudinal limb extending from the transverse limb along the vehicle-longitudinal axis away from the front bumper to an end face;
- the support being positioned to be impacted by the outboard region of the front bumper during a vehicle collision with an obstacle overlapping the outboard region and the end face positioned to contact the longitudinal member during the vehicle collision.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.