Connection between a side rail and a structural part of the front of a motor vehicle
US7097236B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 3, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 3, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2019/007
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A connection between a side rail and a structural part at the front of a motor vehicle, the structural part having a top edge situated in the vicinity of a zone of the bodywork that might receive an impact from the head or the hip of a pedestrian, wherein the connection comprises force-opposing means enabling the side rail to oppose the vertical forces to which the part is subjected, and wherein said means are collapsible.
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