A heavy goods vehicle comprises a crash protection assembly (1) provided at the front of the vehicle. The crash protection assembly comprises a lower cross beam (2) extending transverse to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and extending horizontally. The lower cross beam is connected to two parallel frame beams (3; 4) of a vehicle chassis via brackets (5; 6) such that the lower cross beam is arranged in front and below the two parallel frame beams. The crash protection assembly further comprises an upper cross beam (7) arranged in front of and connected to the two parallel frame beams via support elements (8; 9). The crash protection assembly comprises a front bumper(10) and two front crash absorption brackets (11; 12). Each front crash absorption bracket has a base body (11A; 12A) with an upper end (13 14) connected to a lower end of a respective support element and a rear end (15; 16) arranged below the upper end and being supported against a front part of a respective bracket. Each front crash absorption bracket has a front portion (27; 28) arranged in contact against the front bumper, the front portion being connected to the base body via two curved arms (17, 18; 19, 20) one of the curved arms (17; 19) curving inwards with regard to a center of the heavy goods vehicle, the other one of the curved arms (18; 20) curving downwards.
A HEAVY GOODS VEHICLE
SCHWERLASTFAHRZEUG
VÉHICULE POUR MARCHANDISES LOURDES
2024-11-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |