Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Body shell
Patent
1989-09-07
1991-03-19
Focarino, Margaret A.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Body shell
296 681, B60R 2700
Patent
active
050005090
ABSTRACT:
In order to protect passengers during an impact affecting a side of a vehicle, a safety device is provided in a motor vehicle. The safety device comprises an impact-resistant, low-deformation body part and a support structure adjacent to the low-deformation body part attached to the vehicle body. The support structure exhibits extremely low deformation in a direction perpendicular to a direction of travel so that impact energy resulting from a side impact may be transferred through the vehicle by engagement of the low-deformation body part with the low-deformation support structure. As a result of these features, the safety device opposes penetration of an impacting object into a passenger compartment and provides good collision protection and force transfer.
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Sinnhuber Ruprecht
Wiemann Jurgen
Focarino Margaret A.
Hoge Gary C.
Volkswagen AG
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