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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 dateFeb 3, 2004
Grant dateAug 29, 2006
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Expiry dateFeb 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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