Embodiments of vehicles including wheel well reinforcement members are discussed and disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a vehicle includes a wheel well, a rocker coupled to the wheel well, where the rocker extends rearward from the wheel well in a vehicle longitudinal direction, a torque box coupled to the rocker, and a reinforcement member positioned at least partially within the wheel well, the reinforcement member including a forward face that is coupled the radially inward facing side of the wheel well, and at least one of a downward face that is coupled to and extends along the torque box and that is oriented to face downward in a vehicle vertical direction and an outboard face that is coupled to and extends along the rocker and that is oriented to face outboard in the vehicle lateral direction.
Vehicles including a wheel well reinforcement member
2016-10-18
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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