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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2016
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Takemi Nishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Iimi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Tani, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Aimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Kamizawa, Saitama, JP;
Christopher Robert Hartley, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Patrick Dean Grattan, Wixom, MI (US);
Perry Bruno McConnell, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
David James Wozniak, Canton, MI (US);
Michael James McGory, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Abstract
A vehicle structure includes a frame and a push arm. The push arm is coupled to a first side member of the frame proximate an intersection of the first side member and a first cross-member. The push arm has a main body, a rear surface, and a front surface. The rear surface faces and is adjacent to the intersection. The main body extends forward and laterally in an outboard direction from the rear surface such that the front surface of the push arm is located laterally outboard of and spaced apart from a front end of the first side member of the frame. The front surface has a first section and a second section both facing forward relative to the frame. The second section is angularly offset from the first section such that the second section and the first section define an obtuse angle therebetween.