Patent · US Expired

Scuttle structure for a motor vehicle having a drive unit arranged at the front

US5542491A · kind A · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

Werner Heiss · Sindelfingen, DE
Martin Weller · Fichtenberg, DE
Konrad Eipper · Herrenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 5, 1995
Grant date	Aug 6, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 5, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62D31/003
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A scuttle structure for a drive unit of a motor vehicle is disclosed which includes a scuttle for the drive unit which is displaced to the rear in the event of a head-on collision. A slide-down aid is fastened to the scuttle in such a way that, after shearing stress caused by a head-on collision, at least part of the slide-down aid slides down on the scuttle. By means of this scuttle structure, an intrusion of parts of the drive unit into the scuttle is prevented and the sliding-down action of the drive unit on the scuttle structure is assisted.

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