Motor vehicle safety arrangement

US6276483A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Ruprecht Sinnhuber · Gifhorn, DE
• Frank Voge · Osnabrück, DE
• Holger M. Thum · Braunschweig, DE
• Ulrich Knothe · Braunschweig, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 6, 1998
• Grant date: Aug 21, 2001
• Expiry date: Mar 6, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T24/44487
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle safety arrangement has a pedal mechanism with at least one bearing block and at least one pedal articulated thereon. The bearing block is held by a beam member which extends approximately over the width of the vehicle and is spaced from a bulkhead delimiting the passenger compartment. In order to prevent injury to feet on frontal impact, the beam member is resistant to bending and is uncoupled from the bulkhead. The distance between the member and bulkhead is dimensioned such that, in the event of intrusion of the bulkhead as a result of a collision, the position of the beam member does not vary substantially.