Patent ID: 8118346
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A supporting piece for an impact-absorbing system intended to be mounted at the end of a motor vehicle side member, the side member comprising, in its extension, a plate for mounting a transverse impact beam, the supporting piece comprising: a bearing surface for a lateral impact absorber positioned in front of the bearing surface and resting substantially over an entire height of the supporting piece, the bearing surface being arranged in such a way as to extend under the mounting plate and substantially parallel thereto when the supporting piece is mounted at the end of the side member, the lateral impact absorber forming a rigid link between an upper transverse absorber, resting on a transverse impact beam, and a lower transverse absorber, resting on the bearing surface of the supporting piece, and the supporting piece not bearing against cradle extensions wherein the supporting piece is shaped in such a way that it does not deform irreversibly when a vehicle on which the supporting piece is functionally mounted suffers an impact at about 15 kilometers per hour against a rigid wall.