Motor vehicle

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1981-05-18

1983-10-18

Mitchell, David M.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Body shell

180271, 180315, 280784, B62D 2508

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044102127

ABSTRACT:
A motor vehicle provided with an engine space or trunk arranged in the forward end thereof and with an end wall located between the space or trunk and the passenger compartment. A brake pedal, mounted in a suspended fashion connected to a braking device located outside of the passenger compartment, extends through the end wall. The braking device is arranged so that, upon a frontal structural deformation caused by a collision, the brake device executes a pivotal motion by which the brake pedal is guided away from the driver of the vehicle and against the end wall. A two-stage deformation member is provided which includes a rigid upper pot-shaped deformation member to which the braking device is attached. A pedal shaft of the brake pedal is mounted in an upper zone of the upper pot shaped member, the upper pot shaped member passes over by way of a step or shoulder into a larger deformable lower pot-shaped member connected with the end wall. The lower pot-shaped deformation member is fashioned so that a larger deformation distance is available in an upper zone than in a lower zone thereof.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3794342 (1974-02-01), Froumajou et al.

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