Crash structure for a motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMarius Sawatzki, Daniel Meckenstock, Stefan Schneider, Dominik Mueller, Joergen Hilmann
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a crash structure for a motor vehicle, the crash structure being, in a starting state, at a minimum spacing of greater than zero from a door hinge of a vehicle door of the motor vehicle, and the crash structure being in contact with at least one contact region which is assigned to the door hinge in a crash state after a partial overlap crash by way of passing into an operative connection with a wheel of the motor vehicle, and forming a deflector surface for the deflection of the wheel.
Claims15
A vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a door hinge;
- a crash structure fastened to the vehicle body and deformable relative to the door hinge from a starting state to a crash state;
- the crash structure having a deflector section having a free end spaced from the door hinge in the starting state, the deflector section being pivotable relative to the door hinge;
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- a spacer element protruding from the deflector section, the spacer element being spaced from the hinge pillar in the starting state and abutting the door hinge in the crash state.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a wheel arch;
- a door hinge;
- a crash structure fastened to the vehicle body and disposed in the wheel arch;
- the crash structure being deformable relative to the door hinge from a starting state to a crash state;
- the crash structure having a deflector section having a free end spaced from the door hinge in the starting state;
- the deflector section extending from the vehicle body to the free end in a vehicle-outboard direction in the starting state and the deflector section being pivotable relative to the door about a vertical axis;
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- a spacer element protruding from the deflector section in a vehicle-rearward direction, the spacer element being spaced from the hinge pillar in the starting state and abutting the door hinge in the crash state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.