Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Andreas Woisnitza

Martin Leonhard Sachs

Roland Schirmer

Juergen Vollhardt

Jens Matuschek

Benjamin Buenger

Heiko Schultheiss

In various embodiments, a support device is provided for at least one covering element, in particular of a bumper device of a motor vehicle having at least one support body, on which at least one covering element can be arranged or is arranged, and having at least one support unit, which can be fixed or is fixed to the support body and to a vehicle structure or an impact device, which supports the support body when a load acting on the support body is less than a defined load and which releases the support body for a movement when the load acting on the support body exceeds the defined load.

Support device

A car body, for example, a front or rear frame is provided. The car body includes at least one crossmember and at least one pair of left and right braces that are arranged at least substantially symmetric to the crossmember. The car body also includes a shear element that is designed for absorbing shear forces during a collision and that is mounted on a brace of the pair, wherein no shear element is provided symmetrically thereto on the other brace of this pair.

Car body with a shear element on one side

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Mainz, Germany

Andreas Woisnitza