公开(公告)号：US20170297519A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-19

申请号：US15435382

申请日：2017-02-17

Applicant: FCA Italy S.p.A.

Inventor： Mauro Giacomo Enrico CANOBBIO ,  Luigi LAURINO

IPC: B60R19/00 ,  B62D21/15

CPC classification number: B60R19/00 ,  B60R19/26 ,  B60R2019/005 ,  B60R2021/0023 ,  B62D9/00 ,  B62D21/152 ,  B62D21/155 ,  B62D25/082

Abstract: A safety device is described which is configured to orient a motor-vehicle front wheel transversely to the travel direction, following a collision of the motor-vehicle against a barrier. The device includes a ram member carried by a plate projecting laterally in a cantilever fashion from the motor-vehicle structure forwardly of the front wheel. The ram member is pushed against the front wheel following a collision of the motor-vehicle against the barrier. The ram member has a vertically elongated front portion, for engaging the wheel. With the transverse plate carrying the ram member there is associated a bumper structure located forwardly of the transverse plate and including a bumper element projecting forwardly from the transverse plate, at an intermediate position between the ram member and a connected end of the transverse plate.