Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle incorporating a deformable front frame structure
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Application No.: US16018231Application Date: 2018-06-26
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Publication No.: US10752193B2Publication Date: 2020-08-25
- Inventor: Joakim Ehn , Christer Berndtsson
- Applicant: Volvo car Corporation
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
- Current Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: Clements Bernard Walker
- Agent Christopher L. Bernard
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@15991457
- Main IPC: B60R19/18
- IPC: B60R19/18 ; B60K1/00 ; B62D21/15 ; B62D21/11 ; B62D25/08 ; B60R21/34

Abstract:
A vehicle, including: an electric motor operatively connected to at least one driving wheel of the vehicle, and a frame structure including first and second side members extending in a longitudinal direction along opposite sides of the vehicle and at least one cross member extending in a transversal direction of the vehicle and being connected to the first and second side members, wherein the electric motor is supported by the frame structure such that the electric motor is arranged in a front portion of the vehicle in association with a pair of front wheels of the vehicle, and wherein each of the side members, at least along a deformable section thereof, is configured to deform by bending in an inwards and/or outwards transversal direction when compressed by a longitudinally directed force exceeding a threshold value, such as in case the vehicle is subject to a sufficiently energetic frontal collision.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190054875A1 VEHICLE INCORPORATING A DEFORMABLE FRONT FRAME STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2019-02-21
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