Patent · US Expired

Foot protection device

US6705643B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Karl Birk · Großenhain, DE
Norbert Ellerbrok · Alfdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 28, 2002
Grant date	Mar 16, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 28, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/24612
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a foot protection device for vehicle occupants. The protection device comprises a foot support piece which can support the occupant's feet, a base piece by which the foot protection device can rest on a floor of a vehicle, and an adjustment device to displace the foot support piece in a first direction parallel to the base piece. Ramp surfaces are constructed on at least one of the base piece and the foot support piece, which with a displacement of the foot support piece by the adjustment device bring about a movement of the foot support piece in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction.

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