Fca US LLC

Eric J Stahmer

Thomas F Wentworth

Joseph E Rudelic

Krishnamurthy Hegde

Kedar V Panday

Meenakshi Solaimalai

Scott Mcguire

Santosh Pethe

Andrew L O'Bannon

Janakiram Sholingar

A vehicle including a frame that includes a first longitudinally extending rail and a second longitudinally extending rail, wherein one of the first longitudinally extending rail and the second longitudinally extending rail includes a component mounted thereto. The first and second longitudinally extending rails each include a bead pattern that limits deformation of the respective rail during a frontal impact to the vehicle, and the bead pattern of the one of the first longitudinally extending rail and the second longitudinally extending that includes the component mounted thereto is different from the bead pattern of the other of the first longitudinally extending rail and the second longitudinally extending rail that does not have the component mounted thereto to limit an amount of deformation thereof during the frontal impact to the vehicle to minimize movement of the component in a direction toward a high-voltage component attached to the one rail.

Vehicle frame having asymmetric bead structure for high voltage component protection

A structural assembly for a vehicle, including a first rail extending in the nominal direction of forward vehicle travel, a second rail extending in the nominal direction of forward vehicle travel and a cross member having a main body having a first end and a second end, and being joined inboard of the first end to the first rail and inboard of the second end to the second rail, wherein the first end and second end of the cross member are angled relative to the direction of forward vehicle travel at an obtuse angle.

Angled cross member for a vehicle

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Auburn Hills, MI, United States of America

Eric J Stahmer