Mohammed A Shaik

US Patent:

20140191105, Jul 10, 2014

Filed:

Jan 9, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/736977

Inventors:

Bhushan W. DANDEKAR - Rochester Hills MI, US
Mohammed N. SHAIK - Canton MI, US
Young DOE - Macomb MI, US
Bradley W. ENYEART - Milford MI, US
Michael L. STOCKARD - Oxford MI, US
Len V. PESCHANSKY - West Bloomfield MI, US
Yunjun LI - West Bloomfield MI, US

Assignee:

GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC - Detroit MI

International Classification:

B60K 5/12

US Classification:

248671

Abstract:

A cradle for mounting an engine in a vehicle has left and right side members, and a rear cross member and front cross member extending between the left and right side members. The cradle has left and right front body mounts. Left and right deflector devices are mounted respectively on the cradle adjacent the left and right body mounts and forwardly of the vehicle wheels. Each of the left and right deflector devices including an impact receiving member that projects outwardly and rearwardly from the cradle to receive an impact load offset outboard from the body mounts. Each impact receiving member has an upper and lower sheet metal shell providing a top wall welded to a top wall of the cradle and a bottom wall welded to the bottom wall of the cradle, and a front impact receiving wall extending vertically between the top wall and the bottom wall.