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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2017
Fca Italy S.p.a., Turin, IT;
Daniele Ghislieri, Turin, IT;
Andrea Cristina, Turin, IT;
Corrado Borrelli, Turin, IT;
Gianfranco Del Nero, Turin, IT;
Alessandro Bernardi, Turin, IT;
Saverio Gariano, Turin, IT;
FCA Italy S.p.A., Turin, IT;
Abstract
A motor vehicle has a front engine compartment housing a powertrain unit and at least one side-member on which a safety device is mounted; the safety device is configured so as to move said powertrain unit sideways during an impact, towards the opposite side to that which is subject to the impact; the safety device is provided with a beam having a first end, spaced from a terminal portion of the side-member towards the outside of the engine compartment, and a second end fixed to the side-member at an intermediate portion next to the powertrain unit; the safety device is further provided with a pin, which is fixed with respect to the second end of the beam and projects from said second end through a hole of the intermediate portion towards the powertrain unit.