Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle structure
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Application No.: US15916010Application Date: 2018-03-08
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Publication No.: US10377420B2Publication Date: 2019-08-13
- Inventor: Kazunori Iimi , Takemi Nishikawa , Takao Tani , Hideo Aimoto , Naoki Kamizawa , Christopher Robert Hartley , Patrick Dean Grattan , Joseph Bruno Buratto , Perry McConnell , David James Wozniak , Michael James McGory , Gunnar Mason , Matthew Michael Gapinski
- Applicant: Nissan North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TN Franklin
- Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Franklin
- Agency: Global IP Counselors, LLP
- Main IPC: B62D21/15
- IPC: B62D21/15 ; B62D21/06 ; B62D21/11 ; B62D21/02 ; B62D25/08 ; B62D21/05

Abstract:
An off-center impact reinforcement structure includes a push arm proximate rearward of a front portion of the vehicle frame. The push arm extends in a forward and laterally outboard direction from a front side member. A rear surface of the push arm is located below the first side member. During an initial stage of an off-center impact event in which a stationary barrier directly impacts a front surface of the push arm, impacting forces from the off-center impact event move the rear surface of the push arm into contact with brackets that extend downward from the front side member and transfer through the push arm to brackets and to the vehicle frame. In a second stage, a rear surface of the push arm contacts the vehicle frame as the push arm pivots with the front surface of the push arm moving in a laterally outboard direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180194403A1 VEHICLE STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2018-07-12
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