Energy-absorbing deformation profile for a motor vehicle

US6086098A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Friedrich Reiter · Kreßbronn, DE
• Joerg Hensel · Sindelfingen, DE
• Alban Bossenmaier · Herrenberg, DE
• Georg Bauer · Koblenzer Straße, DE
• Juergen Bair · Sindelfingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 1998
• Grant date: Jul 11, 2000
• Expiry date: Dec 18, 2018

Classification

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

Abstract

An energy-absorbing deformation profile for a motor vehicle such as a knee protection device for an underside of a center console area has a rigid linkage profile section for fastening the deformation profile on a center console cross member. The linkage profile section is designed so that it can be deformed while absorbing energy.