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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2004
Troy M Cornell, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Gerald F Burke, Livonia, MI (US);
Harry Gu, Novi, MI (US);
Pratap Naick, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Mark Kirschmann, Clarkston, MI (US);
Gregory a Beecher, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Harjeet Gill, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Erin Shipp, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Kenneth J Haller, Davisburg, MI (US);
Michael Okuniewicz, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Manfred Staisch, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Dave Cottrell, Waterford, MI (US);
Larry Ososki, Warren, MI (US);
Norman Hartmann, Macomb, MI (US);
Troy M Cornell, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Gerald F Burke, Livonia, MI (US);
Harry Gu, Novi, MI (US);
Pratap Naick, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Mark Kirschmann, Clarkston, MI (US);
Gregory A Beecher, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Harjeet Gill, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Erin Shipp, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Kenneth J Haller, Davisburg, MI (US);
Michael Okuniewicz, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Manfred Staisch, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Dave Cottrell, Waterford, MI (US);
Larry Ososki, Warren, MI (US);
Norman Hartmann, Macomb, MI (US);
DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for absorbing energy during a frontal collision of a vehicle, through the use of a front frame structure having main frame rails that include several deformable and non-deformable sections which are connected by selectively crushable junctures that are configured to predispose one or more of the junctures and sections to pivot selectively outward, rearward and upward, in a predetermined manner, during the collision. The front frame structure also includes an engine cradle, attached below the main frame rails, and having a pair of side rails that include forward and rear crushable junctures joined by non-deformable intermediate sections, with the crushable junctures of the main frame rails and engine cradle side rails being configured to predispose the intermediate sections of the engine cradle side rails to move downward and rearward during the collision.