US 12,084,114 B2
Motor vehicle equipped with an impact device between the drive system and the front cradle
Jean Pierre Galmiche, Dampierre les Bois (FR); Jean Louis Medecin, Vyans le Val (FR); and Olivier Le Guillou, Montbeliard (FR)
Assigned to PSA AUTOMOBILES SA, Poissy (FR)
Appl. No. 18/555,032
Filed by PSA AUTOMOBILES SA, Poissy (FR)
PCT Filed Feb. 22, 2022, PCT No. PCT/FR2022/050316
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 12, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/223894, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2104194 (FR), filed on Apr. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0083509 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B60G 21/00 (2006.01); B60K 5/12 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/152 (2013.01) [B60G 21/005 (2013.01); B60K 5/12 (2013.01); B60K 5/1275 (2013.01); B62D 21/11 (2013.01); B62D 21/155 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0004 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor vehicle comprising a drive system arranged in a compartment at the front of a vehicle according to its direction of travel, a cradle comprising a platform fastened in the compartment, an anti-roll bar fastened in the vertical direction above the platform, and an impact device fastened to a front edge of the platform, behind an impact block fastened to a powertrain of the vehicle, in order, in the event of a recoil of the powertrain, to allow the impact block to bear on the impact device, which deforms, wherein the impact device comprises an upper part projecting above the platform, which, in the event of a large deformation, bears on the anti-roll bar, wherein the impact device is formed by sheets welded to the front edge of the platform.