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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2001
Jonas Forssell, Gothenburg, SE;
Andréas Tonnqvist, Gothenburg, SE;
Mats Boberg, Billdal, SE;
Martin Swahn, Hälsö, SE;
Egon Strandberg, Sävedalen, SE;
Tom Stoddart, Gothenburg, SE;
Stina Jonsell, T.O., CA (US);
Martin Wedel, Northville, MI (US);
Martin Weiman, Göteborg, SE;
Thomas Broberg, Göteborg, SE;
Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
A stabilized frame assembly for a motor vehicle including a pair of forwardly directed brace members Each brace member of the pair is coupled at a forward end to an impact receiving assembly such as a front bumper assembly. The brace members are coupled for support at a rearward end to a respective one of a pair of stabilized support arrangements Each of the stabilized support arrangements are configured to resist deformation under the influence of crash related impact forces having magnitudes in a manageable design range for the stabilized support arrangement Each of the pair of stabilized support arrangements are constructed to include a plurality of support legs that are configured so that loads or forces transmitted from the supported brace member to the stabilized support arrangement are distributed as substantially axial loads in the plurality of support legs