Vehicle intrusion energy management frame element

Details Vehicle intrusion energy management frame element Vehicle intrusion energy management frame element

1997-12-01

1999-12-28

Ellis, Christopher P.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Running gear

B62D 722

Patent

active

060070994

ABSTRACT:
An automotive vehicle frame element includes a generally S shaped forward rail having a forward rail portion and a structurally reinforced rear rail portion substantially longitudinally displaced therefrom and a fold inducing area therebetween, a toe pan attached to the rail having a front wall projecting perpendicularly therefrom, the front wall having a point of separation from the rail at a location between the forward and rear rail portions, and the fold inducing area located longitudinally forward of the point of separation of the toe pan portion from the rail and at the point where the structurally reinforced rear rail portion transitions into the forward rail portion.

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"Ford `s` Frame" report Baracos et al, Jan. 1969.

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