Patent ID: 9174679
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: B60R,B62D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle, comprising: a passenger cell; front longitudinal members extending forward from the passenger cell; an engine compartment between the front longitudinal members; a drive unit in the engine compartment; and a deflection device for a partially overlapping frontal collision of the vehicle with a barrier, the deflection device having deflection elements fastened respectively to the front longitudinal members and rotatable relative to the respective front longitudinal members about vertical axes of rotation, so that, in the event of the partially overlapping frontal collision, the respective deflection element is rotated relative to the respective front longitudinal member by collision with the barrier from an inoperative position, in which the deflection element extends in a longitudinal direction of the respective front longitudinal member, into a collision position relative to the respective front longitudinal member so that a first portion of the deflection element projects into the engine compartment and at least partially converts a longitudinal pulse from the frontal collision that acts toward the passenger cell, into a transverse pulse that acts toward the drive unit.