MOTOR-VEHICLE COMPRISING A MOTOR-VEHICLE STRUCTURE AND A SAFETY DEVICE FOR ORIENTING A MOTOR-VEHICLE FRONT WHEEL TRANSVERSALLY TO THE TRAVEL DIRECTION FOLLOWING A COLLISION OF THE MOTOR-VEHICLE AGAINST A BARRIER

摘要

A safety device is described which is adapted to orienting a motor-vehicle front wheel (R) transversely to the travel direction, following a collision of the motor-vehicle against a barrier (W). The device comprises a ram member (7) carried by a plate (8) projecting laterally in a cantilever fashion from the motor-vehicle structure (1) forwardly of the front wheel (R). The ram member (7) is pushed against the front wheel (R) following a collision of the motor-vehicle against the barrier. The member (7) has a vertically elongated front portion (710), for engaging the wheel. With said transverse plate (8) which brings the ram member (7) there is associated a bumper structure (9) located forwardly of the transverse plate (8) and comprising a bumper element (9) projecting forwardly from the transverse plate (8), at an intermediate position between said ram member and the connected end (80) of said transverse plate (8).