Patent · US Expired

Lateral protection for motor vehicles

US4013317A · kind A · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

Daimler-Benz AG · DE

Inventors

Willi Reidelbach · Sindelfingen, DE
Herbert Grach
Hans Lutze · Bad Bentheim, DE
Dieter Weidemann · Stammham, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 12, 1976
Grant date	Mar 22, 1977
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 12, 1996

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60J5/0458
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A lateral protection for motor vehicles in which at least one reinforcement extending essentially in the vehicle longitudinal direction is arranged on the inside of each door, whereby in case of an external force influence or action which occurs in the vehicle longitudinal direction the reinforcements, preferably constructed as hollow bearers, are supported in the vehicle longitudinal direction with one end each either directly or indirectly at a fixed structural part such as, for example, at an upright column or at a wheel casing or at a further reinforcement belonging to an adjacent door.

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