Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Frame protrusion rupture mitigating structure
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Application No.: US15827648Application Date: 2017-11-30
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Publication No.: US10407012B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Patrick Grattan
- Applicant: Nissan North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TN Franklin
- Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Franklin
- Agency: Global IP Counselors, LLP
- Main IPC: B60N99/00
- IPC: B60N99/00 ; B60R19/18 ; B60R19/36 ; B62D21/15 ; B62D25/08

Abstract:
An off-center impact structure (a frame protrusion rupture mitigating structure) has a first end section, a mid-section and a second end section. The first end section is fixedly attached to an attachment section of a vehicle front side member. The mid-section extends laterally outward and defines an arcuate shape curving forward from the first end section and laterally outboard. The second end section of the off-center impact structure is located forward of the attachment section. The mid-section has a forward-facing surface formed with a plurality of vertically oriented recesses. In response to an off-center impact event where impacting force is applied to a distal end of the second end section, the off-center impact structure deforms bending along the mid-section with at least a portion of the vertically oriented recesses expanding in a bellows-like manner absorbing impact energy such that the second end section is moved rearward.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190161038A1 FRAME PROTRUSION RUPTURE MITIGATING STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2019-05-30
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