Volvo Car Corporation

Mats Boberg

Jonas Forssell

Tom Stoddart

Martin Swahn

Martin Weiman

Thomas Broberg

Martin Wedel

Stina Jonsell

Andr&eacute;as Tonnqvist

Egon Strandberg

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

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Billdal, Sweden

Mats Boberg