Vehicle interior support
AssigneeMercedes-Benz AG
InventorsMichael Sinner, Bernhard Holzapfel, Friedrich Reiter
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Abstract
A flexible support has one fixed end in a vehicle interior, and another end projecting freely into the passenger compartment on which an impact protector is fixed. In a flexing direction, the flexible support has spaced upper and lower belts, which are connected with each other by ribs to form hollow spaces. One belt extends along a straight line and the other belt is configured with protrusions and/or depressions between adjacent ribs in the direction toward the straight belt.
Claims9
A support adapted to be arranged in a vehicle interior, comprising at least one support member having one end configured to be fixed on the vehicle interior and another end projecting freely into a passenger compartment of the vehicle interior, the free projecting end being fixed to an impact protector and an upper belt and a lower belt extending in a predetermined flexure direction and spaced from each other with connecting ribs defining hollow spaces therebetween,
- wherein
- one of the upper and lower belts extends along a straight line, and the other of the upper and lower belts has at least one of protrusions and depressions between adjacent ones of the connecting ribs in a direction toward the one belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.