Heavy goods vehicle has underrun protection beneath driver cab and containing crash boxes fixed on frame and assigned cable of traction unit as one unit

摘要

The goods vehicle has a driver cab supported on the vehicle frame and an energy absorbing device (44) formed by crash boxes (42) fixed on the frame to provide underrun protection at the front end of the vehicle . Each crash box is assigned a cable (58) of the traction unit (56) which runs inside the hollow crash box. The cables are unloaded in the installation position and only become tensioned in the event of front impact.