Psa Automobiles Sa

Constellium Singen Gmbh

Stellantis Auto Sas

Peugeot Citroen Automobiles Societe Anonyme

Frédéric Coiffier

Olivier Rebuffet

Marc Peru

Christian Lange

Richard Zeitouni

Franck Kopec

Alexandre Terrillon

Marie Dominique Le Blay

Alban Kozak

Stéphane Lamouric

Eric Lefevre

André Ting

Alain Valtier

The invention relates to a motor vehicle () comprising two longitudinal members () and a cradle () from where there extend at the front two extensions () separated by a gap, each extension () extending below one of the longitudinal members () and being connected to said longitudinal member () by a support element (), the vehicle () being characterized in that it additionally comprises an absorption device () arranged in said gap and between said extensions ().

Vehicle comprising a small-overlap frontal-impact absorption device

The invention relates to an impact-absorbing structure for a vehicle, the structure of which comprises at least one side rail for supporting a bumper crossbeam, the side rail being a hollow profile member arranged according to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, the impact-absorbing structure including the bumper crossbeam, at least one absorber placed between the side rail and the bumper crossbeam, the absorber being a hollow profile member intended for deforming in the event of an impact, one end of the profile member being intended to be inserted into the open end of the side rail, the end of the profile member being attached to the side rail via transversely arranged attachment means, and an attachment insert provided with opposing surfaces. Each of the opposing surfaces of the insert is provided with two transverse recesses arranged perpendicular to the opposing surfaces, and offset relative to one another.

Impact-absorbing structure for a motor vehicle

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Montlhery, France

Frédéric Coiffier