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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2012
Jonathan Richard Young, Dundee, MI (US);
Taichi Yamashita, Northville, MI (US);
Naipaul Deo Ramoutar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gerritt Benjamin Meyers, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Jonathan Richard Young, Dundee, MI (US);
Taichi Yamashita, Northville, MI (US);
Naipaul Deo Ramoutar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gerritt Benjamin Meyers, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
A vehicle frame structure is adapted to absorb energy from frontal impacts. The frame structure extends under a front portion of the body frame. The frame structure includes a rear sub-frame located below and in front of a pair of side frame under-members, and a catching surface connected to the pair of side frame under-members for engaging the rear sub-frame and attached structures. A steering gear is attached to the rear sub-frame. The catching surface interacts with the steering gear to promote additional crushing energy absorption during sliding movement of the rear sub-frame relative to the catching surface during the frontal impact. The catching surface can be formed on ramps attached to the pair of side frame under-members. A tether can prolong crushing contact of the rear sub-frame with respect to the catching surface.
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