A vehicle body structure deflector system for small overlap frontal impact includes a first shock tower and a second shock tower. A cross member is positioned between each of the first shock tower and the second shock tower. A first deflector is connected to the first shock tower and a second deflector is connected to the second shock tower. If one of the first deflector or the second deflector is contacted by a barrier during forward travel of the vehicle a portion of an energy of impact with the barrier is transferred through one of the first shock tower or the second shock tower, through the cross member and into the other shock tower. The portion of the energy of impact with the barrier generates a vehicle lateral displacement to dissipate the portion of the energy of impact.
Body structure energy efficient deflector for small overlap impact
2020-04-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Body structure energy efficient deflector for small overlap impact
European Patent Office | 2020
|BODY STRUCTURE ENERGY EFFICIENT DEFLECTOR FOR SMALL OVERLAP IMPACT
European Patent Office | 2020
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