Safety device for a motor vehicle to protect passengers during side collision

A safety device for a motor vehicle which protects passengers during impacts affecting a side of the vehicle comprising an impact-resistant, low-deformation body part, a support structure adjacent to the low-deformation body part which exhibits a low degree of deformation in a direction transverse to the direction of motion of the vehicle wherein the impact-resistant, low-deformation body part is a lower section of a vehicle door and including a wedge-shaped projection on the inner side of the vehicle door to reduce its deformability and to place it close to the support structure.

A safety device for a motor vehicle which protects passengers during impacts affecting a side of the vehicle comprising an impact-resistant, low-deformation body part and a support structure adjacent to the low-deformation body part which exhibits a low degree of deformation in a direction transverse to the direction of motion of the vehicle 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 wherein the impact-resistant low-deformation body part is a part of the door of the vehicle and a wedge-shaped widening is provided on the buckle-resistant brace facing the vehicle door so that an impact force is transferred from the vehicle door to the buckle-resistant brace.

A safety device for a motor vehicle which protects passengers during impacts affecting a side of the vehicle comprising an impact-resistant, low-deformation body part, a support structure adjacent to the low-deformation which exhibits a low degree of deformation in a direction transverse to the direction of motion of the vehicle wherein the impact-resistant, low-deformation body part is a lower section of the vehicle door and deformable support means supporting the support structure in the vehicle body.

A safety device for a motor vehicle which protects passengers during impacts affecting a side of the vehicle comprising an impact-resistant, low-deformation body part and a support structure adjacent to the low-deformation body part which exhibits a low degree of deformation in a direction transverse to the direction of motion of the vehicle 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 wherein the impact-resistant, low deformation body part is a lower section of a vehicle door and the support structure comprises at least one buckle-resistant brace arranged approximately perpendicular to the direction of travel of the vehicle and wherein a wedge-shaped widening is provided on the buckle-resistant brace facing the vehicle door so that impact force is transferred from the vehicle door to the buckle-resistant brace.