Motor vehicles – With means for promoting safety of vehicle – its occupant or... – Responsive to engagement of portion of perimeter of vehicle...
Patent
1998-07-21
2000-07-18
Johnson, Brian L.
Motor vehicles
With means for promoting safety of vehicle, its occupant or...
Responsive to engagement of portion of perimeter of vehicle...
280784, 74512, B60K 2810, B60T 712, B60T 722, B62D 722, G05G 114
Patent
active
060893427
ABSTRACT:
In a motor vehicle body structure including a deformable passenger compartment front wall to which longitudinal forwardly extending frame members are connected and on which a pedal support block is mounted which is tilted backwardly and upwardly when the front wall is deformed by crash impact forces transmitted through the longitudinal frame members to the front wall, pedals pivotally mounted on the pedal support block have projections extending backwardly and having end portions guided by a guide surface so as to pivot the pedal arms forwardly when the pedal support block is tilted backwardly and upwardly by frontal impact forces.
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Muller Martin
Wolpert Engelbert
Bach Klaus J.
Britton Michael
Daimler Chrysler AG
Johnson Brian L.
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