Disclosed is a first vehicle engine bay component 4 (e.g. engine air intake duct) with a projection 14 comprising a crash deflector with a deflection surface 16 to engage a second vehicle engine bay component 6 (e.g. heater plenum chamber) during a vehicle impact to cause controlled movement of the first vehicle engine bay component. The crash deflector may comprise a wedge. The controlled movement may be in a direction non-parallel to the line of action of the impact and may include rotation. The crash deflector may be integrally formed with the first component, for example by blow moulding, or it may be affixed. Also disclosed is a vehicle assembly with the aforementioned first vehicle engine bay component. The assembly may further include a third vehicle engine bay component 8 (e.g. fuel system component such as fuel pump, fuel line, or fuel hose), and the controlled movement of the first component may move at least a portion of the first component away from the third component. Also disclosed is a vehicle with the abovementioned vehicle assembly. The invention helps prevent trapping of fuel lines between sharp edges and thus reduces risk of leakages during frontal collisions.
A vehicle assembly
2019-11-13
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / F02M Zuführen von Brennstoff-Luft-Gemischen oder deren Bestandteilen bei Brennkraftmaschinen allgemein , SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF |
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