Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle impact reduction structure
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Application No.: US13270306Application Date: 2011-10-11
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Publication No.: US09783152B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Mark A. Voss , Leonard J. Brohl, Jr. , Anil A. Masih , Carl B. Corman , William C. Bliss
- Applicant: Mark A. Voss , Leonard J. Brohl, Jr. , Anil A. Masih , Carl B. Corman , William C. Bliss
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Quinn IP Law
- Main IPC: B60R21/34
- IPC: B60R21/34 ; B62D25/16

Abstract:
A vehicle structure comprising a body including a wheel house, a fender and an energy absorption member. The fender has an exposed A-side surface and an opposed B-side surface, with the fender including a laterally inner edge extending fore-and-aft that defines a portion of a hood opening, and the B-side surface adjacent to the laterally inner edge spaced from the wheel house in a vertical direction to define a crush gap. The energy absorption member is located in the crush gap between the wheel house and the fender, with the energy absorption member having a fender attachment flange secured to the B-side surface of the fender adjacent to the laterally inner edge, a body attachment flange secured to the wheel house, and an energy absorbing portion extending between the fender attachment flange and the body attachment flange, with the energy absorbing portion being curved in the vertical direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130088042A1 VEHICLE IMPACT REDUCTION STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2013-04-11
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