Motor vehicle front end structure has shock absorbers formed by lengthwise members sliding in beams containing energy absorbing elements of compressible material

摘要

The front end structure consists of a cradle with two lengthwise members (1) connected by a cross-member (2), with the lengthwise members projecting in front of the cross-member and equipped with a rigid component (10). In the event of a front end collision the rear end (1a) of each lengthwise member and rigid component slide in a cavity formed by the stepped forward end (5a) of main a lengthwise chassis beam (5) and a parallel beam (8) which contains an energy absorbing element (6) of a compressible material e.g. of a honeycomb plastic.