Front-end structure for a motor vehicle
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsFrank Adams, Eberhard Benz, Joachim Herre, Josef Sailer, Alfred Schnabel
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Abstract
A front-end structure for a passenger motor vehicle has a front end region, in the direction of travel, of the brake servo unit which is assigned at least one mechanical forced guidance apparatus. The latter is fixed on at least one body-shell part. In a vehicle impact, the apparatus engages with at least one movement component in the vertical direction of the vehicle, from bottom to top, on the end region of the brake servo unit.
Claims6
A front-end structure for a motor vehicle having a front wall which separates a passenger compartment from a front-end compartment and on which a brake servo unit is fixed, to which is connected a brake pedal extending into a footwell of the passenger compartment, comprising front-end body-shell parts and a front end region of the brake servo unit, in a direction of travel, is assigned at least one mechanical forced guidance device, which is fixed on at least one of the body-shell parts such that, in the event of a vehicle impact, the device engages with at least one movement component in a vertical vehicle direction, from bottom to top, on the front end region of the brake servo unit to generate a tilting movement of the brake servo unit.
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