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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2016
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Kazunori Iimi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takemi Nishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Tani, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Aimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Kamizawa, Saitama, JP;
Christopher Robert Hartley, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Patrick Dean Grattan, Wixom, MI (US);
Joseph Bruno Buratto, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Perry McConnell, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
David James Wozniak, Canton, MI (US);
Michael James McGory, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Gunnar Mason, Holly, MI (US);
Matthew Michael Gapinski, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Abstract
An off-center impact reinforcement structure includes a push arm and a first diagonals structure installed to elements of a frame of a vehicle structure. The push arm is coupled to the frame proximate an intersection of a first side member and a first cross-member and extends in a forward and laterally outboard direction from the intersection. The first diagonal structure extends rearward and laterally inboard from proximate the intersection toward a section of a second side member rearward of the first cross-member. The off-center impact reinforcement structure is configured such that during an off-center impact event in which a stationary barrier impacts against a front surface of the push arm during forward movement of the vehicle frame, impacting forces from the impact event are transferred through the push arm to the vehicle frame at the intersection and from the intersection to the first diagonal structure.