Device for increasing the degree of occupant protection in a vehicle during a side impact
AssigneesFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
InventorsTobias Melz, Eric Zimmerman
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Abstract
A device is described for a motor vehicle for occupant protection during an energy impact acting laterally on the door area of the motor vehicle comprising a vehicle seat being located on the side of the motor vehicle door (2) facing away from the energy impact, which provides at least one side-impact member (1) projecting through the interior of the motor vehicle door (2). The side-impact member (1) has at least two sections (4) connected to one another via a joint region (3) in longitudinal extension, the joint region (3) has an adjustable flexural resistance, and the flexural resistance of the joint region (3) is changeable as a function of the energy impact acting on the motor vehicle door (2).
Claims12
A device for a motor vehicle door for occupant protection during an energy impact acting laterally on a door area of the motor vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle seat located on a side of the motor vehicle door opposite the energy impact including at least one side-impact member extending through an interior of the motor vehicle door, wherein:
- the at least one side-impact member includes at least two elongated sections which are connected together by at least one joint region;
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- the at least one joint region has an adjustable flexural resistance which is changeable in response to the energy impact acting on the motor vehicle door and comprises at least one structure which changes the flexural resistance of the at least one joint region with at least one conversion material in response to an external energy supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.