Motor vehicle having a side door

US12377718B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

• Michael Fuetterer · Hildrizhausen, DE
• Bernd Orschiedt · Gerlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 26, 2021
• Grant date: Aug 5, 2025
• Expiry date: Jun 3, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D25/025
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle includes a body that has a doorway. A side door is moveably held on the doorway and displaceable between a closed position and an open position. The side door has an inner door part, a reinforcement element, and a planking element. The reinforcement element has an upper deformation region and a lower deformation region. An impact damper that is a foam part is disposed inside the side door between the reinforcement element and the inner door part. The impact damper extends over at least a partial length of the reinforcement element and substantially completely fills a cavity delimited between the reinforcement element and the inner door part.