Motor vehicle frame structure and crashbox therefor

Details Motor vehicle frame structure and crashbox therefor Motor vehicle frame structure and crashbox therefor

2011-05-10

2011-05-10

Patel, Kiran B. (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Structural detail

C293S133000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07938476

ABSTRACT:
A crashbox is provided for connecting a bumper carrier and a longitudinal beam in a frame structure of a motor vehicle. The crashbox has a section that is compressible in a longitudinal direction and a first fixing element for attachment to the longitudinal beam and a second fixing element for attachment to the bumper carrier at opposite ends of the section. The first fixing element is in the form of a spigot member that is insertible into a cavity in the longitudinal beam and a support strut extends between two rigid side flanks of the spigot member through an internal cavity of the spigot member.

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