Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1992-03-20
1993-11-09
Focarino, Margaret A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
280779, 296189, B62D 111
Patent
active
052596460
ABSTRACT:
A multipurpose, lightweight, sheet metal bracket having a U-shaped cross-section is provided with tablike extensions of the sides of the U-shape for attachment thereto of other vehicle components. The sheet metal bracket itself can be spot-welded at a number of points to correspondingly disposed portions of an automobile internal structure for strong, rigid, permanent location to provide strong support to the steering column assembly and the brake support bracket of the automobile. Space above the sides of the U-shaped cross-section of the bracket provides safe passage for wiring between elements in the instrument panel assembly and cooperating elements in the engine compartments. In the event of a collision experienced by the automobile, reactive movement of the steering column assembly, both in translation and in rotation in a manner as would affect the driver of the automobile, is controlled and limited, with portions of the support bracket undergoing controlled deformation at deliberately provided bend zones, with limited movement between the support bracket and the steering column assembly allowed by attachment at elongate apertures in the bracket.
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Dickson Paul
Focarino Margaret A.
Nissan Research & Development, Inc.
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