Saab Automobile Aktiebolag

Saab Automobile Ab

Kent Bovellan

Lars-Olof Hellgren

Christer Berntsson

Jan Bengtsson

Par Braun

In a fuel system of a vehicle a filler end of a fuel pipe is attached to the bodywork of the vehicle and accessible via filler opening in the side of the bodywork. The filler end is fastened to a bodywork element situated inside the side of the bodywork, which bodywork element supports a shield arranged around the filler end, which shield finishes at a certain distance from the side of the bodywork and during collisions protects a filler cap mounted on the fuel pipe.

Arrangement in a fuel system in a vehicle

An arrangement for absorbing collision energy in a vehicle, preferably a passenger car, incorporating a framework and a forward portion with a wheel housing (24) on each side. A first elongated force-transmitting device (2) with a first end portion (2a), a second end portion (2b) and an intermediate portion (2c) which is arranged between these latter. The first end portion (2a) is connected to the framework and the second end portion (2b)is connected to a bumper element at the forward end of the vehicle. The intermediate portion (2c) extends past the pertinent wheel housing (24). The second end portion (2b) is at the same time designed with a greater width than the intermediate portion (2c) and covers the greater part of the width of the vehicle wheel arranged in the wheel housing (24).

Arrangement for absorbing vehicle collision energy

Reinforced door aperture frame for reducing deformation from offset

A motor vehicle bumper for energy absorption. A support part of the bumper is supportable on the vehicle and is generally U-shaped with horizontally extending arms. A cover supported on the support includes respective wall sections that extend in from the top and bottom of the cover and cooperate with vertically outwardly extending flanges on the legs of the U. The wall sections of the cover are simply locked to the flanges of the support. A body of energy absorbing material is disposed in the cover and in the support and is pressed against the wall sections of the cover upon deformation of the cover by application of more than a predetermined force to press the energy absorbing material against the cover wall sections to prevent those wall sections from separating from the flanges of the legs of the U-shaped support in the event of collision or application of more than a predetermined force to the cover of the bumper.

Energy absorbent bumper for motor vehicles

Front part for motor vehicle

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Trollhattan, Sweden

Kent Bovellan