FIELD: transport.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates attachment of vehicle front fender 1 at vehicle body stiff elements including crossbar 2 located at engine compartment rear nearby windshield and metal plate 3 secured to one end of crossbar 2 to extend forward and down, in fact, perpendicular to said crossbar 2. Top edge 31 of said plate 3 extends, in fact, parallel with top edge 1a of front fender 1 to extend downward by its flange 1b so that fender top part cross-section features, in fact, U-like shape. Flange 1b is space from aforesaid top edge 3a. Space thus formed is closed by metal sheet element 4 secured at said flange 1b and at top edge 3a Thickness of said sheet element 4 is sufficiently large to support the fender and sufficiently small to get deformed at vehicle front collision with pedestrian.
EFFECT: higher safety in collision with pedestrians.
5 cl, 3 dwg
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Dates
2014-01-20—Published
2008-09-29—Filed