US 12,116,041 B2
Front face structural assembly for a motor vehicle
Mihaela Maria Magas, Autrey les Cerre (FR); Ronan Breal, Bethoncourt (FR); and Manaf Karkar, Bouskoura (MA)
Assigned to STELLANTIS AUTO SAS, Poissy (FR)
Appl. No. 18/562,907
Filed by STELLANTIS AUTO SAS, Poissy (FR)
PCT Filed May 12, 2022, PCT No. PCT/FR2022/050905
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/269149, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2106674 (FR), filed on Jun. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0262427 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 25/16 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/152 (2013.01) [B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B62D 25/088 (2013.01); B62D 25/16 (2013.01); B62D 27/023 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A structural assembly for a motor vehicle comprising a side rail line and an upper support cup for a suspension system of a wheel, the assembly comprising a wheel arch wall for said wheel, the assembly further comprising at least one metal sheet shaped to form a stress path extending from the side rail line towards the cup, the wheel arch wall being arranged between the cup, the stress path and the side rail line, wherein the assembly comprises a connecting member connecting the cup and the stress path, the connecting member being shaped so as to deform in a predefined manner in order to transmit at least some of the longitudinal forces generated on the stress path along a transverse axis of the vehicle towards the cup during a small overlap front test.