Front end for a motor vehicle
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorStefan Hagen
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Abstract
A front end for a motor vehicle includes a bumper configuration and is configured to absorb impact energy in the event of an impact by another motor vehicle. The front end has lateral longitudinal members having longitudinal-member heads which are in each case connected to bumper supports. At least one of the lateral longitudinal members is provided with at least one absorbing device for absorbing impact energy outside a longitudinal-member plane. The absorbing device has an active device for indirectly transmitting at least some of the impact energy to a longitudinal side of an associated one of the lateral longitudinal members.
Claims18
A front end configuration for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a bumper configuration configured to absorb an impact energy in case of a vehicle impact, said bumper configuration including bumper supports;
- lateral longitudinal members having respective longitudinal-member heads connected to respective ones of said bumper supports, said lateral longitudinal members defining a longitudinal-member plane;
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- an absorbing device assigned to a given one of said lateral longitudinal members, said absorbing device being configured to absorb at least part of the impact energy outside the longitudinal-member plane, said absorbing device having an active device configured to transmit at least part of the impact energy to a longitudinal side of said given one of said lateral longitudinal members such that said given one of said lateral longitudinal members collapses, said active device being disposed at a given spacing distance from said longitudinal side of said given one of said lateral longitudinal members.
A front end configuration for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a bumper support configuration;
- lateral longitudinal members having respective longitudinal-member heads connected to said bumper support configuration, said lateral longitudinal members defining a longitudinal-member plane;
- an absorbing device assigned to a given one of said lateral longitudinal members, said absorbing device being configured to absorb impact energy outside the longitudinal-member plane in case of a vehicle impact;
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- said given one of said lateral longitudinal members having a longitudinal side, said absorbing device having an active device configured to transmit at least part of the impact energy to said longitudinal side of said given one of said lateral longitudinal members such that said given one of said lateral longitudinal members collapses, said active device being disposed at a given spacing distance from said longitudinal side of said given one of said lateral longitudinal members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.