Deformation member arranged in the impact area of the knee

US4273359A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimler-Benz AG · DE

Inventors

• Hansjurgen Scholz · Echterdingen, DE
• Hans-Gerd Backhaus · Stuttgart, DE
• Luigi Brambilla · Eppelheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 1979
• Grant date: Jun 16, 1981
• Expiry date: Dec 20, 1999

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R21/045
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An impact absorbing device constructed as a hollow body member and extending in a vehicle transverse direction within in an impact area of knees of a driver and co-driver of a motor vehicle. The impact absorbing device has an impact engaging surface facing the knees, with the surface having a rounded-off cross sectional profile and vertically extending corrugations so that the member yields only locally upon engagement by the knees.