Safety Features
Safety Features1. General
The impact absorbing structure of the xA provides a body construction that can effectively absorb the energy of impact in the event of a front, rear, or side collision. Also, it realizes an excellent occupant protection performance through the use of reinforcements and members that help to minimize cabin deformation.
2. Impact Absorbing Structure for Front/Rear Collision
^ In conjunction with the excellent impact absorbing structure for a front or rear collision, the front bumper reinforcement, the underbody members, the reinforcements and members that surround the cabin have been optimally allocated. Accordingly the underbody and cabin framework help to absorb and dissipate the impact energy efficiently in case of a front or rear collision, thus realizing the minimized cabin deformation.
^ Rows of crash beads are established on the front side of the front side members to help absorbing the impact at collision and thus results in providing the structure to hold the body deformation within ahead of the engine mount as much as possible.
^ Door beltline reinforcement helps to minimize cabin deformation in case of a front collision.
^ Rocker bulkhead helps to minimize the degree that tires being pushed inside in case of an offset collision.
^ By adopting the instrument panel reinforcement, dash cross member, pillar brace, dash reinforcement and cowl side reinforcement, thus results in having the structure to disperse the impact at the collision and help to minimize cabin deformation.
3. Impact Absorbing Structure for Side Collision
^ A pipe type side impact protection beams are mounted at the bottom of the front and rear doors.
^ In order to make the door energy absorbent, the inner and outer reinforcements are applied to the belt line area of the front and rear doors.
^ Impact energy of a side collision directed to the cabin area is dispersed throughout the body via pillar reinforcements, side impact protection beams, floor cross members, etc. This dispersion of energy keeps the energy directed to the cabin to minimum level.
^ The body is made highly rigid through reinforced joints and the use of high strength sheet steel in order to maintain the maximum preservation of the cabin space.
^ A Head Impact Protection Structure is used. With this type of construction, if the occupant's head hits against the roof side rail and pillar in reaction to a collision, the inner ribs of the roof side rail and pillar collapses to help reduce the impact.