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Side impact protection system

  • US 5,549,349 A
  • Filed: 05/01/1995
  • Issued: 08/27/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a side impact protection system for a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a side impact zone, laterally spaced apart sills extending longitudinally in the vehicle, each laterally spaced apart sill having a corresponding sill sealing flange projecting vertically therefrom, a floor pan, a seat riser, and a seat riser reinforcement disposed between the laterally spaced apart sills, the side impact protection system comprising:

  • a continuous, linearly extending cross member disposed laterally in the vehicle for transferring load and redistributing energy away from an impact side of the vehicle, the cross member extending between, and is in abutment at each end with one of the laterally spaced apart sills and the corresponding sill sealing flange thereby allowing the cross member to transfer load and redistribute energy immediately after the load and the energy is imparted to a sill and corresponding sill sealing flange on the impact side of the vehicle, the cross member being in abutment with the floor pan and the seat riser reinforcement in between each end so that upon side impact of the vehicle energy is redistributed to both the floor pan and the seat riser.

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