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Patent No.:

US 10377420 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 08, 2018

Vehicle structure

Applicant:

Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);

Inventors:

Kazunori Iimi, Kanagawa, JP;

Takemi Nishikawa, 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);

Joseph Bruno Buratto, Beverly Hills, MI (US);

Perry McConnell, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

David James Wozniak, Canton, MI (US);

Michael James McGory, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

Gunnar Mason, Holly, MI (US);

Matthew Michael Gapinski, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

Assignee:

Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);

Attorney:

Global IP Counselors, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jason S Daniels

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 21/06 (2006.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B62D 21/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 21/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/155 (2013.01); B62D 21/02 (2013.01); B62D 21/06 (2013.01); B62D 21/11 (2013.01); B62D 25/08 (2013.01); B62D 21/05 (2013.01);
Abstract

An off-center impact reinforcement structure includes a push arm proximate rearward of a front portion of the vehicle frame. The push arm extends in a forward and laterally outboard direction from a front side member. A rear surface of the push arm is located below the first side member. During an initial stage of an off-center impact event in which a stationary barrier directly impacts a front surface of the push arm, impacting forces from the off-center impact event move the rear surface of the push arm into contact with brackets that extend downward from the front side member and transfer through the push arm to brackets and to the vehicle frame. In a second stage, a rear surface of the push arm contacts the vehicle frame as the push arm pivots with the front surface of the push arm moving in a laterally outboard direction.

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