Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Body shell
Patent
1995-02-28
1996-09-10
Hoge, Gary C.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Body shell
296 64, 296 70, 296 3712, 296204, 296195, B60N 200
Patent
active
055539092
ABSTRACT:
A small two-seater car, which has a driver seat and a passenger seat disposed laterally adjacent one another and in facing relationship to an asymmetric dashboard. The passenger seat is arranged to be longitudinally offset to the rear with respect to the driver seat located beside it, by up to half the depth of a seat cushion. The dashboard arranged in front of the seats extends back with its side which is directed towards the seat in its passenger-side region to such an extent that the distance between the dashboard and the seat front edge is approximately the same for the driver seat and the passenger seat. In the region of a rear axle, outer frame side members extend, in a bent-off section, up to at least the level of a tire upper edge, such that at least the passenger seat is protected with respect to side impact forces. The bodywork of the vehicle has virtually no overhang beyond the rear wheels, with the result that, in the event of a rear impact, the rear axle is used to absorb impact forces before more pronounced intrusion to the rear takes place.
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Klein Berthold
Ma Mike
Reichel Anton
Sacco Bruno
Slaughter David
Hoge Gary C.
Mercedes-Benz AG
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