Title:
自動車のフロント構造
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2005510395
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
According to the invention, the requirements for the protection of pedestrians in a collision and the requirements for easy repair of collided vehicles can be combined, whereby the front structure comprises two bumpers (4, 5), supported on each of both sides on a longitudinal support (2, 3), by means of a crash box (10, 10', 11, 11'). A foam layer (25) is provided on a transverse support (6) for the upper bumper (5), which takes the impact of a collision with a pedestrian, and the crash boxes (10, 10') for the lower bumper (4) run forwards over the foam layer (25) such that the forces of a light collision with another vehicle or a fixed obstacle are absorbed by deformation directly after the first contact. As the foam layer (25) is set back relative to the lower crash box (10, 10'), a protection for pedestrians can be achieved without leading to a significant increase in vehicle length.
Inventors:
Botshell, Kurt-Sigmund
Application Number:
JP2003541980A
Publication Date:
April 21, 2005
Filing Date:
November 02, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Adam Opel Actien Gezel Shaft
International Classes:
B60R19/12; B60R19/18; B60R19/22; B60R19/34; B60R19/48; B62D25/08; B60R21/34; (IPC1-7): B60R19/12; B60R19/18; B60R19/22; B60R19/34; B60R19/48; B62D25/08
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masao Okabe
Nobuaki Kato
Kazuo
Shinichi Usui
Takao Ochi
Teruhisa Motomiya
Seiichiro Takahashi
Koji Yoshizawa
Takao Matsui
Nobuaki Kato
Kazuo
Shinichi Usui
Takao Ochi
Teruhisa Motomiya
Seiichiro Takahashi
Koji Yoshizawa
Takao Matsui