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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2011
Stanislaw Klimek, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Stanislaw Klimek, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle front structure is provided with at least one front frame having two side members and an impact cross member structure. Two crash boxes are fixed between the respective front end of the side members and the impact cross member structure. Each of the crash boxes includes, but is not limited to a first and a second leg that are jointly fixed to the front end of each side member and in the shape of a V merge with ends spread from each other in the direction of the impact cross member structure. The spread ends are fixed on end regions of the impact cross member structure. A connecting structure with honeycomb construction is arranged between the legs.