Abstract: An apparatus for offset impact testing of vehicle components at a sub-system level includes a mobile unit and a vehicle sub-system. In an exemplary application, the vehicle sub-system includes a toe-board and a torque box. A mounting flange is secured to the vehicle sub-system and provides for releasable attachment of the vehicle sub-system to the mobile unit. By advancing the mobile unit into a rigid barrier at a predetermined speed, full-scale toe-board intrusion and torque box crush can be accurately predicted at a significantly reduced cost and time.

Abstract: A battery support device for supporting a battery in an automobile, the automobile having an engine compartment, the engine compartment having a side and a side rail. The side rail has an upper surface, the upper surface having an outer side toward the side of the engine compartment. The engine compartment further has a vertical wall extending upwardly from the outer side of the upper surface of the side rail. The battery support device includes a one-piece support tray for supporting a battery, the support tray being attachable to the side rail of the automobile so that the battery is cantilevered off the side rail.