Volvo Car Corporation

Volvo Personvagnar Ab

Martin Weiman

Jonas Forssell

Tom Stoddart

Martin Swahn

Thomas Broberg

Egon Strandberg

Martin Wedel

Stina Jonsell

Mats Bjureblad

Mats Boberg

Andr&eacute;as Tonnqvist

A stabilized frame assembly for a motor vehicle including a pair of forwardly directed brace members Each brace member of the pair is coupled at a forward end to an impact receiving assembly such as a front bumper assembly. The brace members are coupled for support at a rearward end to a respective one of a pair of stabilized support arrangements Each of the stabilized support arrangements are configured to resist deformation under the influence of crash related impact forces having magnitudes in a manageable design range for the stabilized support arrangement Each of the pair of stabilized support arrangements are constructed to include a plurality of support legs that are configured so that loads or forces transmitted from the supported brace member to the stabilized support arrangement are distributed as substantially axial loads in the plurality of support legs

Axially loaded arrangement for a motor vehicle frame

A hinge arrangement for vehicle hoods in vehicles is described. The arrangement is intended to decrease injuries to pedestrians struck by the front of the vehicle. The hood is pivotable about at least two hinges, preferably applied at the rear of the hood. The hood is able to compliantly receive impacts in the vertical direction. Each respective hinge is fixed in at least two rods connected to the hinges. One of the rods is a draw rod, designed to receive forces in the longitudinal direction of the hood, substantially stopping horizontal displacement of the hood in a collision. Another rod is a vertical rod, able to deform due to a vertical collision at a predetermined vertical load. The vertical rod is shaped to be able to receive the vertical load over a predetermined deformation length.

Collapsible hood hinge

A beam knot forming part of a vehicle body structure and being constructed of three beam elements, each disclosing two side walls that extend with relative intervals and a transverse wall that connects the side walls, is disclosed. The beam elements are rigidly connected with each other in the beam knot and protrude from this in respective directions. One of the beam elements discloses a recess in one side wall thereof, another beam element inserts transversely through the recess with a section and is connected with the opposite side wall. A third beam element is partly situated in the first beam element and is, with its side walls, connected with the side walls of the second beam element.

Beam connection

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Martin Weiman