A nerf bar assembly for mounting to the side of a vehicle having a unibody construction includes a tubular member comprising a tubular section and a plurality of mounting brackets fixed to and projecting generally perpendicularly from the tubular section. A support structure is configured for mounting to the body of a vehicle having a unibody construction. The support structure forms a channel and includes a plurality of channel veins and a plurality of support structure brackets disposed within the channel. The support structure brackets are configured so that the plurality of tubular member mounting brackets can be removably mounted to the plurality of support structure brackets. The nerf bar assembly is configured so that when the tubular member impacts an object, the tubular member can collapse and absorb the impact before damage occurs to the support structure or the vehicle body.
Nerf Bar for Unibody Vehicles
2016-03-03
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |
UNIFORM REFERENCE & DIMENSIONAL GUIDELINES FOR UNIBODY VEHICLES
SAE Technical Papers | 1987
SAE Technical Papers | 1987