| 摘要 |
An A-pillar 5 of a motor vehicle has an inclined slide-off surface 40 for a front wheel 8. During a crash, particularly an off-set front-on crash, front wheel 8 slides outward along surface 40. A-pillar 5 also has a front flange region 38 towards a centre of the vehicle. Preferably, an inclined front bulkhead 4 may be attached to front flange 38 and jointly forms slide-off surface with a front face 39 of A-pillar 5. Slide-off surface 40 may reduce the risk of wheel 8 being wedged with A-pillar 40 during a collision, for example a small-overlap collision with an overlap of about 25% with a rounded bollard (10, Figure 1), while being of low weight and avoiding a need to alter a wheel arch 22 or to use additional components. |
