A safety device is described which is configured to orient a motor-vehicle front wheel transversely to the travel direction, following a collision of the motor-vehicle against a barrier. The device includes a ram member carried by a plate projecting laterally in a cantilever fashion from the motor-vehicle structure forwardly of the front wheel. The ram member is pushed against the front wheel following a collision of the motor-vehicle against the barrier. The ram member has a vertically elongated front portion, for engaging the wheel. With the transverse plate carrying the ram member there is associated a bumper structure located forwardly of the transverse plate and including a bumper element projecting forwardly from the transverse plate, at an intermediate position between the ram member and a connected end of the transverse plate.
Safety device for orienting a motor-vehicle front wheel transversally to the longitudinal direction following a collision
2018-08-28
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Europäisches Patentamt | 2017
|Europäisches Patentamt | 2020
|ORIENTING DEVICE OF THE FRONT STEERING WHEEL OF MOTORCYCLES
Europäisches Patentamt | 2024
|