Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Door or window with specified vehicle feature
Reexamination Certificate
2004-08-31
2010-06-15
Morrow, Jason S (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Door or window with specified vehicle feature
C296S187120
Reexamination Certificate
active
07735901
ABSTRACT:
A device and a method are described for a motor vehicle for protecting passengers during a side impact or during a collision similar to a side impact, in which an energy input acts essentially laterally on a door area of the motor vehicle, a vehicle seat being located on the side of the motor vehicle door facing away from the energy input, having at least one unit stabilizing the motor vehicle door against an energy input acting essentially laterally on the motor vehicle door, which provides at least one lateral impact girder traversing the motor vehicle door internally, which is operationally linked in case of collision to at least two support areas within stable vehicle body areas enclosing the motor vehicle door. The present invention is distinguished in that the side impact girder and/or the support areas within the vehicle body area enclosing the motor vehicle door provide(s) at least one actuator, which is activable through controlled supply of a form of energy independent of the energy input produced by the collision and produces the operational link between the side impact girder and the support areas in a controlled way.
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Bein Thilo
Matthias Michael
Melz Tobias
Zimmerman Eric
Antonelli, Terry Stout & Kraus, LLP.
Faurecia Innenraum-Systeme GmbH
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung
Morrow Jason S
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