Patent ID: 8820823
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle body structure comprising: a floor connected to a main frame assembly, the main frame assembly includes first and second side rails which extend in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body structure and a plurality of spaced cross-members interconnecting the first and second side rails; and a front frame structure located near a forward part of the vehicle body structure and connected to the main frame assembly, the front frame structure includes first and second diagonal members and a laterally extending member, each of the first and second diagonal members includes a forward end portion connected to the main frame assembly and a rearward end portion connected to the lateral member, the rearward end portions converge toward one another and the lateral member has end portions connected to the first and second side rails, wherein the floor includes a well defined by an opening in the floor, the front frame structure is positioned adjacent to and forward of the well, the well is flanked by one of the cross-members and the lateral member of the front frame structure, wherein the front frame structure is configured to transfer an impact load to the vehicle body structure caused by a narrow offset frontal collision from the first side rail to the second side rail by transferring the load through the diagonal member extending toward the first side rail, through the lateral member and toward the second side rail, the impact load being transferred away from the well.