Motor Vehicle With an Underprotection Device
AssigneeDaimler AG
InventorsKarl-Heinz Baumann, Frank Engels, Michael Fehring, Asa Haerdner, Eckhard Hauer, Rainer Justen, Bengt Larsson, Reinhard Nowack, Bernd Orschiedt, Gerhard Reuber, Stephan Roehner, Thomas Zink
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Abstract
An off-road vehicle, a pickup, or other such vehicle has an underprotection device with an impact plate fitted to the underside of the motor vehicle. To provide an improved underprotection device, the impact plate is fitted to the underside in a manner such that it is movable between retracted and extended positions.
Claims20
A motor vehicle with an underprotection device comprising an impact plate that is movable between retracted and extended positions and that is fitted to an underside of the motor vehicle, wherein the impact plate has regions of differing rigidity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.