Title:
BODY FRAME
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2001260938
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a body frame capable of positively controlling a crush mode and a crush load at a head-on collision.
Bent parts 5 located near the rear of front wheels 4 and bent inward in the vehicle width direction and upward in the vehicle height direction are molded on a pair of side members 2, 2 respectively, and recesses 10 are molded on the side faces of the bent parts 5 at positions where bottom fold parts are formed at the head-on collision. Wheel stoppers 9 suppressing the front wheels 4 retreated according to the bottom folding of the recesses 10 of the bent parts 5 at the head-on collision may be provided on the side faces of the side members 2.
Inventors:
HOKARI TSUKASA
MURAI NOBUYUKI
MURAI NOBUYUKI
Application Number:
JP2000079334A
Publication Date:
September 26, 2001
Filing Date:
March 16, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ISUZU MOTORS LTD
International Classes:
B62D25/20; B62D21/15; (IPC1-7): B62D21/15; B62D25/20
Domestic Patent References:
JPH06286645A | 1994-10-11 | |||
JPS60122279U | 1985-08-17 | |||
JPH10147255A | 1998-06-02 | |||
JPH05116646A | 1993-05-14 | |||
JPH08188174A | 1996-07-23 |
Foreign References:
WO1997029005A1 | 1997-08-14 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Nobuo Kinutani