Crash structure for a motor vehicle

US11207957B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Marius Sawatzki · Pulheim, DE
• Daniel Meckenstock · Wuppertal, DE
• Stefan Schneider · Aachen, DE
• Dominik Mueller · Euskirchen, DE
• Joergen Hilmann · Leverkusen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 1, 2020
• Grant date: Dec 28, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 1, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D25/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a crash structure for a motor vehicle, the crash structure being, in a starting state, at a minimum spacing of greater than zero from a door hinge of a vehicle door of the motor vehicle, and the crash structure being in contact with at least one contact region which is assigned to the door hinge in a crash state after a partial overlap crash by way of passing into an operative connection with a wheel of the motor vehicle, and forming a deflector surface for the deflection of the wheel.