Patent · US Expired

Front-end structure for a motor vehicle

US6269900A · kind A · utility

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6References

6Claims

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Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Frank H. Adams · La Grange Park, US
Eberhard Benz · Schrobenhausen, DE
Joachim Herre · Lörrach, DE
Josef Sailer · Haigerloch, DE
Alfred Schnabel · Althengstett, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 30, 1999
Grant date	Aug 7, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 30, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/20528
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A front-end structure for a passenger motor vehicle has a front end region, in the direction of travel, of the brake servo unit which is assigned at least one mechanical forced guidance apparatus. The latter is fixed on at least one body-shell part. In a vehicle impact, the apparatus engages with at least one movement component in the vertical direction of the vehicle, from bottom to top, on the end region of the brake servo unit.

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