Device for increasing occupant protection in a motor vehicle during a lateral impact

US7905517B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE
• Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Tobias Melz · Darmstadt, DE
• Björn Seipel · Florstadt, DE
• Bernhard Sielhorst · Gerstungen, DE
• Eric Zimmerman · Kassel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 12, 2006
• Grant date: Mar 15, 2011
• Expiry date: Nov 22, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/0006
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention is a device for increasing occupant protection in a motor vehicle during a lateral impact, in which the energy input acts laterally on a partial area of the motor vehicle door wherein a motor vehicle seat is situated on the side of the motor vehicle door facing away from the energy input. The motor vehicle door is provided with an interior lining facing the motor vehicle seat and at least one partial area of the interior door lining is conveyable from an initial state into an extended state projecting by a drive unit into the motor vehicle interior. The drive unit is connected to the motor vehicle door and to the partial area of the interior door lining.