Fca US LLC

Rene R Zamarripa

Scott E Zilincik

Eric A Darin

Amandeep S Gill

Tusher M Phule

Eric E Lund

Chris Sleiman

Michael W Gaduski

Martin L Hilderth

A structural small overlap rigid barrier (SORB) joining bracket for a vehicle having an underbody hold-down assembly, a cowl side assembly, and a body mount assembly configured to connect a vehicle body to a vehicle frame includes a cowl side coupling first portion configured to couple to the cowl side assembly, and an underbody coupling second portion configured to couple to the underbody hold-down assembly and the body mount assembly. The SORB joining bracket couples and maintains structural integrity between the underbody hold-down assembly and the cowl side assembly, and couples with the body mount assembly to increase vehicle load capacity by providing a direct load path into the frame of the vehicle. A frame extension tube assembly creates additional strength and stiffness via stack-up with the SORB joining bracket.

Vehicle structural systems for sorb impact events

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Waterford, MI, United States of America

Rene R Zamarripa