Patent ID: 8870224

Claim:
A cradle for mounting an engine in a vehicle having wheels located outboard of the cradle, said cradle comprising: left and right side members spaced laterally apart from one another on opposite sides of the engine and inboard of the wheels; a rear cross member having right and left ends attached respectively to the left and right side members; a front cross member having left and right ends attached respectively to the left and right side members; left and right front vehicle body mounts provided on the cradle for bolting together the vehicle body and the cradle; left and right deflector devices mounted respectively on the cradle adjacent the left and right body mounts and forwardly of the vehicle wheels, each of the left and right deflector devices including an impact receiving member that projects outwardly from the cradle to receive an impact load that is offset outboard from the body mounts, said impact receiving members each having an upper and a lower sheet metal shell providing a top wall welded to a top wall of the cradle and bottom wall welded to the bottom wall of the cradle, and a front impact receiving wall extending vertically between the top wall and the bottom wall and being angled outwardly and rearwardly from the cradle.