Patent · US Expired

Vehicle interior support

US5632507A · kind A · utility

21Cited by

4References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

Michael Sinner · Rottenburg am Neckar, DE
Bernhard Holzapfel · Winnenden, DE
Friedrich Reiter · Kreßbronn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 25, 1996
Grant date	May 27, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 25, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62D21/15
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A flexible support has one fixed end in a vehicle interior, and another end projecting freely into the passenger compartment on which an impact protector is fixed. In a flexing direction, the flexible support has spaced upper and lower belts, which are connected with each other by ribs to form hollow spaces. One belt extends along a straight line and the other belt is configured with protrusions and/or depressions between adjacent ribs in the direction toward the straight belt.

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