Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

Andreas Kohler

Reiner Armbruster

Andre Scholz

Jens Zimmer

Martin Goehrke

Thorsten Serbine

Benny Ziegler

Michael Stoeckle

An exterior mirror () on a vehicle door () of a motor vehicle has a mirror foot () with a retaining portion () for securing the mirror foot () on the vehicle door (). The vehicle door () has a door outer part (), a door inner part () and a door well () between the outer and inner parts (). The door well () has a receiving opening () in the region of a door windowsill (). The mirror foot () is angled to form the retaining portion () and the retaining portion () is inserted into the door well () through the receiving opening () and fixed within the door well ().

Arrangement of an exterior mirror on a vehicle door of a motor vehicle

A door stop is provided for a door of a motor vehicle. The door stop includes a latching rod guided by a housing. Springs in the housing act on the latching rod from all four sides so that the door can be held in designated positions.

Door stop

An impact protection system is provided for a door of a motor vehicle and extends between upright door frames of a door body. On one side the impact protection system is connected with a hinge column by way of hinges and, on the other side, adjacent to a lock of the door, is connected with an additional column. The hinge column and additional column are integrated in a body structure of a body of the motor vehicle. In order to optimize this impact protection system, the lock is mounted on the latter and, in the closed condition of the door, an engaging device of the door interacts with a receiving device of a deformation device which is fastened to the additional column of the vehicle body structure.

Impact protection system for a door of a motor vehicle

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Bad Liebenzell, Germany

Andreas Kohler