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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Manabu Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 2/508 ; B62D 2/520 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 2/508 ; B62D 2/520 ;
Abstract
A vehicle body structure provides an increased engine room collapsing stroke to increase energy absorption during a frontal or rear end collision. Force applied to side members is transmitted efficiently to a floor structure by controlled deformation of first, second and third structural portions of a impact redirecting and impact redirecting structure which interconnects the floor and the side members. Occurrence of bending deformation of the inboard end portions of the side members is attenuated to subject the front side member to collapsible compression which increases the engine room collapsible stroke.