Patent ID: 8602454

Claim:
An underbody structure for a vehicle, the underbody structure comprising: a front rail configured to take a crash load and form a load path during a frontal impact on the vehicle; at least one arcuate beam having a first end connected to the front rail, and a second end attached to a side structural member of the vehicle; a first beam oriented substantially along the length of the vehicle and a second beam oriented substantially along the width of the vehicle, wherein a first end of the first beam is directly connected to a first end of the second beam, a second end of the first beam is connected to the arcuate beam, and a second end of the second beam is directly connected to the arcuate beam, to form a closed loop structure, and wherein, the arcuate beam is angularly positioned between the front rail and the side structural member, configured to at least partially transfer crash loads during the frontal impact, from the front portion to the side structure of the vehicle.