Arrangement of a front protection bow on a motor vehicle front end

US6224120A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Konrad Eipper · Herrenberg, DE
• Matthias Schefzuk · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 17, 1999
• Grant date: May 1, 2001
• Expiry date: Nov 17, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R19/52
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A front protection bow on a motor vehicle front end is supported by bending-resistant rod profiles on supporting components of the motor vehicle body. The rod profiles of the front protection bow, which together are closed to form a frame and which are largely situated in the overlapping area with the motor vehicle front end comprising a forward front wall and an elastically flexible bumper, extend at least along a predominant portion of the width and the height of the motor vehicle front end. The front wall of the motor vehicle front end has a front end contour which is adapted to the course or curve of the frame and which has at least one section which is embedded in the front wall and in which at least one rod profile of the frame is to be arranged in a sunk manner at least by a partial cross-section. The frame of the front protection bow, when the rod profile is lowered, is arranged to be offset toward the rear with respect to the forward side of the bumper.