Body frame of vehicle, employing load imposing device
US6966602B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 31, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 31, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62D21/15
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A body frame of a vehicle for securing, in control of buckling, necessary strength without increasing the size of the frame member, and for reducing impact deceleration produced at the start of buckling. The body frame of has a frame member provided in one of a front portion and a rear portion of the vehicle; and a load imposing device, provided at an end of the frame member, for imposing a load on the frame member toward at least two opposite directions which are substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the frame member, when impact on the frame member is anticipated or imposed. The load imposing device may have a member made of a shape memory alloy.
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