A front end structure for a vehicle comprising a bumper, a crush can attaching the bumper to a frame rail, a sub-frame supporting an engine, and an impact spreading rail attached to a front transverse rail of the sub-frame. The impact spreading rail extends perpendicularly outboard relative to the frame rail and upward to a location vertically aligned with the bumper. The impact spreading rail is impacted after the bumper in a collision to spread collision deformation outside the frame rail.


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    Title :

    Rail attached to a sub-frame and extending outboard of the frame rail


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    Publication date :

    2017-04-25


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR



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