Abstract: A motor-vehicle frame assembly for absorbing impact includes a cross member with a central portion and two end portions, a pair of longitudinal structural elements connected respectively to one end portion of the cross member, and a pair of longitudinal struts connected respectively and rearwardly to a longitudinal structural element. Each longitudinal strut is connected to the longitudinal structural element by a reinforcement and connection plate between the structural element and the longitudinal strut. An auxiliary structural unit is connected to the plate at an upper portion of the plate vertically projecting beyond the strut. The auxiliary structural units are extended above the struts and along a direction parallel to the longitudinal struts to absorb impact energy in case of impact involving the vehicle at a height higher than the struts, without directly involving the cross member and the struts.

Abstract: A motor vehicle has a front engine compartment housing a powertrain unit and at least one side-member on which a safety device is mounted; the safety device is configured so as to move said powertrain unit sideways during an impact, towards the opposite side to that which is subject to the impact; the safety device is provided with a beam having a first end, spaced from a terminal portion of the side-member towards the outside of the engine compartment, and a second end fixed to the side-member at an intermediate portion next to the powertrain unit; the safety device is further provided with a pin, which is fixed with respect to the second end of the beam and projects from said second end through a hole of the intermediate portion towards the powertrain unit.

Abstract: A motor vehicle has a front engine compartment housing a powertrain unit and at least one side-member on which a safety device is mounted; the safety device is configured so as to move said powertrain unit sideways during an impact, towards the opposite side to that which is subject to the impact; the safety device is provided with a beam having a first end, spaced from a terminal portion of the side-member towards the outside of the engine compartment, and a second end fixed to the side-member at an intermediate portion next to the powertrain unit; the safety device is further provided with a pin, which is fixed with respect to the second end of the beam and projects from said second end through a hole of the intermediate portion towards the powertrain unit.