Deployable vehicle crossmember

Deployable vehicle crossmember

A vehicle includes a frame and a body. The body defines a passenger cabin and has a front bulkhead. The vehicle includes a crossmember supported by the frame and elongated along a vehicle-lateral axis. The crossmember is movable forward from a stowed position at the bulkhead along a vehicle-longitud...

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Hauptverfasser: Farooq, S. M. Iskander, Faruque, Mohammad Omar, Jaradi, Dean M
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
MOTOR VEHICLES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRAILERS
TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:A vehicle includes a frame and a body. The body defines a passenger cabin and has a front bulkhead. The vehicle includes a crossmember supported by the frame and elongated along a vehicle-lateral axis. The crossmember is movable forward from a stowed position at the bulkhead along a vehicle-longitudinal axis away from the front bulkhead to a deployed position. The vehicle includes a pyrotechnic actuator configured to move the crossmember from the stowed position to the deployed position.