Patent · US Expired

Knee protection device having a load distributor for a motor vehicle

US5718453A · kind A · utility

7Cited by

7References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

Armin Kassel · Heimsheim, DE
Bernhard Holzapfel · Winnenden, DE
Georg Bauer · Koblenzer Straße, DE
Ulrich Gerber · Schlieren, CH
Santiago Duenas · Herrenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 8, 1996
Grant date	Feb 17, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 8, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R21/045
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A knee protection device in a motor vehicle having a dimensionally stable, cushioned and essentially plate-shaped load distributor which is supported on the end side by curved deformable holders on a cross member fixed to the vehicle. The energy absorption capacity of the two holders is fully utilized by spanning a reinforcement on the back side of the load distributor. The reinforcement has an approximately hat-shaped cross-section, extends at least near the holders and has outwardly projecting flanges which are connected with the load distributor.

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