Vehicle using spare wheel as element of impact absorbing equipment

摘要

The vehicle has a spare wheel (4), which is mounted on the inside of equipment for absorbing collision impacts. It also has a transverse beam (3), which can act against the wheel, and which is designed to absorb e The beam is a component of the equipment, and may have a hollow (12) which encloses a section of the wheel. It may be formed from a synthetic material using a blowing process, and may be fixed to the ends of longitudinal beams (5,6) by impact absorbing pots (7,8). The wheel may be braced against a support during an impact, and this may also be an axle (9) for the road wheels (10,11).