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AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
InventorsTobias Melz, Ho-Sung Kang, Eric Zimmerman
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A device for a motor vehicle provides occupant protection during the impact of energy directed laterally against a motor vehicle door (6) as a result of a collision. The device has a connecting structure (7) including a first part (T1) and a second part (T2). The first part is firmly connected to the motor vehicle door (6) and the second part (5) is firmly connected to an energy-absorbing area of the motor vehicle body (5) located in the interior of the motor vehicle (1). The two parts are actively connected by at least one common joining section (F) for diverting at least part of the impact of energy acting laterally on the motor vehicle door into the area of the body of the motor vehicle. At least one of the first and second part comprise a transferable material which changes in mechanical state and in particular shape due to which the two parts are made to adjoin and interlock.
A device for a motor vehicle for providing occupant protection during an energy impact directed laterally against a door of the motor vehicle as a result of a collision, comprising a connecting structure including a first part and a second part, the first part being for connection to the door and the second part being for connection to an energy absorbing area of a body of the motor vehicle located in an interior of the motor vehicle and the parts being connectible by at least one section which diverts at least part of the energy impact directed laterally on the door into the energy absorbing area of the body;
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