A component for a vehicle comprising a plurality of projections (5) on an underlying surface (10) that, in use, opposes a surface over which the vehicle is travelling. The plurality of projections (5) define sacrificial elements and are configured to project substantially toward the surface over which the vehicle is travelling. The plurality of projections (5) being configured so that any impact erosion, in driving the vehicle, is concentrated on the plurality of projections (5) to protect the underlying surface (10).
VEHICLE COMPONENTS WITH SACRIFICIAL RIBS
FAHRZEUGTEILE MIT SCHUTZRIPPEN
COMPOSANTS DE VÉHICULE AVEC AILETTES DE PROTECTION
2017-09-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Heavy truck tire tread with decoupling rills in shoulder and sacrificial ribs
European Patent Office | 2024
|Electrified vehicle battery packs designed with sacrificial components
European Patent Office | 2020
|European Patent Office | 2020
|