CA2236816A1 - Separation of drive assembly brought about by front impact in passenger and heavy goods vehicles - Google Patents

Separation of drive assembly brought about by front impact in passenger and heavy goods vehicles

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CA2236816A1
CA2236816A1 CA002236816A CA2236816A CA2236816A1 CA 2236816 A1 CA2236816 A1 CA 2236816A1 CA 002236816 A CA002236816 A CA 002236816A CA 2236816 A CA2236816 A CA 2236816A CA 2236816 A1 CA2236816 A1 CA 2236816A1
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drive assembly
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motor
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Giok Djien Go
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D21/00—Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted
    • B62D21/15—Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body
    • B62D21/152—Front or rear frames
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K5/00—Arrangement or mounting of internal-combustion or jet-propulsion units
    • B60K5/12—Arrangement of engine supports
    • B60K5/1275—Plastically deformable supports

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Vibration Dampers (AREA)
  • Body Structure For Vehicles (AREA)
  • Arrangement Or Mounting Of Propulsion Units For Vehicles (AREA)

Abstract

As yet intrusion of a conventional drive assembly into the passenger compartment of motor-vehicle in front collisions causes fracture of the feet, legs and/or lower part of the body and collapse thereof, due to which the deployed airbags throw backwards and/or decapitate the front sitting passengers.
At least one pair of independently operating piston devices in the front section of vehicle body releases in the event of any front collision any drive assembly, designed in any direction and for any wheel drive such as front-wheel drive of a transversely built engine or rear-wheel drive of a longitudinally-built engine or front-wheel drive of a longitudinally-built engine without power-transmission shaft for rear wheels or front-wheel drive of Mercedes Benz A.
In the second feature of invention, in order to optimize the crush behaviour of longitudinal runners and the property of energy absorption thereof all juxtaposed elements of longitudinal runner, loosely guided by a piston rod, having inequal stiffness in longitudinal direction, are totally deformed by an impact pan while reamed and folded by a cone-shaped hub thereof in the front collision.
In the third feature, the longitudinal runner is defined by low-cost extrusion components, which are form- and force-locking connected to each other and provided with retaining profiles to receive parts of motor-vehicle.
In the fourth feature, a pair of extrusion components is easily replaced when absorbing impact energy of the motor-vehicle crashing into a wall during parking.
CA002236816A 1996-09-06 1997-09-04 Separation of drive assembly brought about by front impact in passenger and heavy goods vehicles Expired - Fee Related CA2236816C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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DE1996136167 DE19636167C1 (en) 1996-09-06 1996-09-06 Front crash-related aggregate separation in cars and trucks
DE19636167.2 1996-09-06
PCT/DE1997/001939 WO1998009863A1 (en) 1996-09-06 1997-09-04 Separation of drive assembly brought about by front impact in passenger and heavy goods vehicles

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CA2236816A1 true CA2236816A1 (en) 1998-03-12
CA2236816C CA2236816C (en) 2002-08-13

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WO (1) WO1998009863A1 (en)

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