Patent ID: 8398153
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. An impact receiving structure in a motor vehicle having left and right front wheels comprising: a vehicle frame having left and right frame rails extending longitudinally and cross frame rails extending transversely between the left and right frame rails; a vehicle body mounted on the vehicle frame and having a transverse bulkhead and left and right A-pillars connected to the bulkhead; left and right upper rails extending longitudinally above the front wheels and outboard of the left and right frame rails and connected respectively to the left and right frame rails by left and right braces; and left and right deflector devices mounted on the left and right frame rails forwardly of the front wheels and extending outwardly from the left and right frame rails to receive an impact force and transmit the impact force into the frame that would otherwise transmit through the left and right upper rail structures; each of the left and right deflector devices having a forward leg and a rearward leg, each of the legs having an inboard end attached to the frame rail.