Apparatus for deflecting a vehicle away from an object during an offset frontal impact
US8544589B1 · kind B1 · utility
31Cited by
11References
20Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | May 4, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2019/247
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A deflector is attached to a frame on a vehicle in front of a front wheel which cooperates with the front wheel to glance a vehicle past a laterally offset impacting object. The deflector acts as a first boundary against the impacting object and the deflector turns the front wheel inboard to an inwardly turned position to act as a second deflecting boundary against the impacting object. The deflector and inwardly turned front wheel cooperate to deflect the vehicle past the object, such that the object passes outboard of a rocker member on the vehicle.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.