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Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2015
Applicant:

Atieva, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventor:

Axel Boris Vollmer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

ATIEVA, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60G 7/00 (2006.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B60R 19/18 (2006.01); B60R 19/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 7/001 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60R 19/18 (2013.01); B60R 19/38 (2013.01); B62D 21/11 (2013.01); B60G 2200/4622 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1866 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system is provided that minimizes wheel intrusion into the occupant compartment during a small overlap collision. The system uses a front suspension subframe that is rigidly mounted to the front rails during normal vehicle operation, but which is designed to rotate during a small overlap collision, thereby allowing the attached front wheel assembly to swivel out and away from the vehicle. As a result, the wheel assembly directly involved in the collision is not driven into the passenger cabin.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Vollmer, Axel. (2016). Swiveling front suspension subframe (U.S. Patent No. 9446643). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9446643

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