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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2011
Peter Dore Rawlinson, Playa Del Rey, CA (US);
Hitendra Laxmidas Gadhiya, Irvine, CA (US);
Peter Dore Rawlinson, Playa Del Rey, CA (US);
Hitendra Laxmidas Gadhiya, Irvine, CA (US);
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A front structure for a vehicle is provided, the structure including (i) a pair of front rails spaced apart in a widthwise direction with each rail extending lengthwise, and where each rail is comprised of a polygonal-shaped upper hollow channel and a polygonal-shaped lower hollow channel with the upper and lower channels sharing a common wall; and (ii) a pair of curvilinear torque boxes, where one curvilinear torque box is mechanically attached to the upper and lower polygonal-shaped channels of each front rail, where each curvilinear torque box is mechanically coupled to a rocker panel, where the upper polygonal-shaped channel of each front rail is in a horizontal plane located above the top surface of the corresponding rocker panel, and where the lower polygonal-shaped channel of each front rail is in a horizontal plane that is aligned with the corresponding rocker panel.