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US 2010/0140967 A1Published application
Motor Vehicle
AssigneeDaimler AG
InventorMario List
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Abstract
The invention relates to a motor vehicle, in particular a utility vehicle, with a driver's cab (2) which has a driver's cab floor (4). In order to improve occupant protection, the driver's cab floor (4) has, in the front region (3) of the motor vehicle, at least one receiving space (14) for at least one crash element (16).
Claims12
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A motor vehicle having a driver's cab that includes a driver's cab floor, wherein the driver's cab floor has, in a front region of the motor vehicle, at least one receiving space for at least one crash element.
A vehicle cab comprising:
- a floor structure that includes an upper floor element and a lower floor element, said upper and lower floor elements being spaced apart from each other, forming a receiving space therebetween;
- and
- a crash element that is displaceable into said receiving space in response to an impact on said cab due to a collision;
- wherein a relative size and shape of said crash element and said receiving space are such that displacement of said crash element into said receiving space causes at least one of said crash element and said receiving space to undergo a plastic deformation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.