A deflector for a front end assembly that includes a lower tube having a lower/front leg extending outboard from a bumper and an intermediate leg extending from a lower/outer end of the lower/front leg to a sliding plate that is not attached to a frame rail. The deflector also includes an upper tube including an upper/front leg extending outboard from the bumper and a rear leg extending from an upper/outer end of the upper tube toward that is attached to a rear sliding plate that is also not attached to the frame rail. A method of making a deflector from an aluminum tube that is bent to shape and wrapped with a carbon fiber resin layer.
Carbon fiber wrapped aluminum dual tube deflector
2015-11-10
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |
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