Motor vehicle with rear frame assembly having a central crash box
AssigneeFerrari S.P.A.
InventorDaniele Testa
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Abstract
A motor vehicle has a forward moving direction, a rear frame having a front end and a rear end according to the forward moving direction, a driving unit comprising an engine and a gearbox, elastic suspension devices which couple the driving unit to the rear frame in an elastically oscillating manner relative to the rear frame around an equilibrium position, and a crash body for absorbing a rear crash along the forward moving direction, the crash body being fixed to the driving unit so as to project in a cantilever manner from a back of the driving unit according to the forward moving direction beyond said rear end along the forward moving direction.
Claims10
A motor vehicle (1) having a forward moving direction (A, B) and comprising
- a rear frame (2) having a front end (8) and a rear end (7) according to the forward moving direction (A, B),
- a driving unit (10) comprising an engine and a gearbox,
- elastic suspension means (15), which couple the driving unit (10) to the rear frame (2) in an elastically oscillating manner relative to the rear frame (2) around an equilibrium position,
- characterized by comprising
- a crash body (16) for absorbing a rear crash along the forward moving direction (A, B), the crash body (16) being fixed to the driving unit (10) so as to project in a cantilever manner from a back of the driving unit (10) according to the forward moving direction (A, B) beyond said rear end (7) along the forward moving direction (A, B).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.