Lateral protection of motor vehicles

US4272103A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimler-Benz AG · DE

Inventors

• Walter Schmid · Sindelfingen, DE
• Werner Breitschwerdt · Stuttgart, DE
• Guntram Huber · Weil der Stadt, DE
• Willi Reidelbach · Sindelfingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 24, 1978
• Grant date: Jun 9, 1981
• Expiry date: May 24, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D21/157
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A flank protection for the protection of passengers from impacts of lateral areas of motor vehicles comprises a vehicle body side wall having a window, such as a door, wherein reinforcement for preventing excessive penetration of the vehicle by other vehicles is located solely in lower areas of the side wall, particularly in an outer body part, while an upper side wall portion is formed of inner and outer body parts, preferably above a belt line of the vehicle, are composed of resilient portions that are yieldable to the absorption of outwardly directed reaction forces applied by an occupant against said body parts above said belt line.