US 11,718,251 B2
Vehicle front structure for improved compatibility during a frontal crash
Babak Nejabat, Torslanda (SE); Weijia Wu, Gothenburg (SE); Asmer Ibrovic, Gothenburg (SE); Ejder Eken, Gothenburg (SE); Frida Madsen, Gothenburg (SE); and Martin Swahn, Halso (SE)
Assigned to VOLVO CAR CORPORATION, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on May 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/329,975.
Claims priority of application No. 20176841 (EP), filed on May 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0370859 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 19/34 (2006.01); B60R 19/18 (2006.01); B60R 19/26 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 19/34 (2013.01) [B60R 19/18 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1806 (2013.01); B60R 2019/264 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Vehicle front structure, comprising:
a side member for supporting a bumper beam, wherein the side member extends along a longitudinal axis between a first end of the side member for connecting to the bumper beam and a second end of the side member for connecting to a bulkhead; and
a lateral extension member extending substantially perpendicular with respect to the longitudinal axis of the side member, and outward with respect to the vehicle front structure, wherein the lateral extension member is connected to the side member, and wherein the lateral extension member is configured to exert a bending moment to the side member, and wherein a first bending strength of the lateral extension member in a backward direction towards the side member is higher compared to a second bending strength in a forward direction away from the side member, and wherein the lateral extension member comprises a T-shaped cross section for increasing an impact surface facing the forward direction.