McDermott, Will & Emery
Body structure of vehicle
A body structure of a vehicle having a cabin C and a compartment F.C, R.C is provided. The body structure includes a pair of laterally spaced side frame members 13,14 extending forwardly of the cabin at sides of the compartment. The side frame members 13,14 include widthwise rigidity lowering sections 21,52, respectively, to allow inward bending of a rear section 13R, 14R of each side frame member in a widthwise direction to provide an increased collapsible stroke for thereby effectively absorbing an energy in a wide range typically in a frontal impact.
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
B B
B62D B62D
inventional inventional
Maki Manabu Hidetsugu
Sano Satou Saeki