Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Body shell
Patent
1997-02-06
1998-07-21
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Body shell
296203, 296209, B62D 2520
Patent
active
057825254
ABSTRACT:
A side body structure of a motor vehicle includes a first and second crash boxes at the connecting portion of a side sill and a rear wheel arch. The first crash box is provided outside of a side sill reinforcement and the second crash box is inside the side sill reinforcement. The second crash box is connected with a cross member extended in a transversal direction of the vehicle. In the event of a side impact, first the first crash box collapses and then the second crash box does. Finally, the impact energy is transferred to and absorbed by other body structures through the cross member. The side sill portion and the rear wheel arch portion can be prevented from intruding into a rear compartment so as to save passengers from serious injury.
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Honma Masayuki
Masuda Toshio
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Pedder Dennis H.
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