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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1997
Hari K Kosaraju, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Scott A Esposito, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
James Chapp, Jr, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Joseph Vitous, Clarkston, MI (US);
Samuel Shamir, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Randy J Spitler, Belleville, MI (US);
Chrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for offset impact testing of vehicle components at a sub-system level includes a mobile unit and a vehicle sub-system. In an exemplary application, the vehicle sub-system includes a toe-board and a torque box. A mounting flange is secured to the vehicle sub-system and provides for releasable attachment of the vehicle sub-system to the mobile unit. By advancing the mobile unit into a rigid barrier at a predetermined speed, full-scale toe-board intrusion and torque box crush can be accurately predicted at a significantly reduced cost and time.