Patent ID: 8398154
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for managing energy of a frontal impact by a vehicle having a sub-frame with an object on a first side of a vehicle outboard of the sub-frame comprising: a deflector attached to the sub-frame laterally outboard of the sub-frame, the deflector being secured to the sub-frame at an angle relative to a longitudinal direction, wherein the deflector rotates the vehicle to move the first side toward a longitudinal centerline during the impact, wherein the deflector is secured to the sub-frame at an inboard end of the deflector, the apparatus further comprising a reaction leg secured to the deflector at an outboard end of the deflector on a first end and to the sub-frame on a second end, wherein the reaction leg reinforces the deflector to reduce deformation of the outboard end toward the sub-frame; and an attachment leg extending rearward from the second end of the reaction leg, the attachment leg being secured in a parallel relationship to a longitudinally extending beam of the sub-frame.