Vehicle having load transfer assembly
AssigneeFca US LLC
InventorsLakshmi P Bhatta, Zheng Qin, Hassan H El-Hor
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a vehicle bumper and a load transfer assembly. The vehicle bumper is coupled to a front end of the vehicle frame and includes a center beam and a bumper beam extension that extends laterally from an end of the center beam. The load transfer assembly includes first and second pivot pins and a load beam. The first pivot pin is fixed to the bumper beam extension and the second pivot pin is fixed to the vehicle frame. The load beam has a first end pivotably coupled to the first pivot pin and a second end pivotably coupled to the second pivot pin. The load beam is configured to load the vehicle frame in a lateral direction upon a vehicle impact event.
Claims15
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle frame;
- a vehicle bumper coupled to a front end of the vehicle frame and including a center beam and a first bumper beam extension extending laterally from a first end of the center beam;
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- a first load transfer assembly including first and second pivot pins and a first load beam, the first pivot pin fixed to the first bumper beam extension and the second pivot pin fixed to the vehicle frame, the first load beam having a first end pivotably coupled to the first pivot pin and a second end pivotably coupled to the second pivot pin,
- wherein the first load beam includes a planar upper side, a planar lower side, and opposing arcuate lateral sides, and
- the first load beam is configured to load a first portion of the vehicle frame in a lateral direction upon a vehicle impact event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.