Mercedes-benz Aktiengesellschaft

Fischerwerke Artur Fischer Gmbh & Co Kg

Armin Kassel

Bernd Plocher

Bernhard Holzapfel

Santiago Duenas

Ulrich Nienhaus

Steffen Breunig

Georg Bauer

Ulrich Gerber

Friedrich Notz

The holding device for a drinks container is designed to be installed in the center console of an automobile. It has first drinks container holder (,), which is slidable upward in a laterally oriented initial position from a withdrawn position and subsequently pivotable into a horizontally oriented upright position of use. A first pivot locking device (,) is provided for keeping the first drinks container holder (,) in the substantially laterally oriented initial position against the force of a pivoting spring element until it reaches an upper end position. When it reaches the upper end position, an unlocking device (,) is engaged which automatically unlocks the first locking device so that the first drinks container holder (,) can pivot into the horizontally oriented upright position of use. A second locking device is provided for retaining the first drinks container holder (,) in the horizontally oriented upright position of use.

Holding device for a drinks container in a motor vehicle

A knee protection device in a motor vehicle having a dimensionally stable, cushioned and essentially plate-shaped load distributor which is supported on the end side by curved deformable holders on a cross member fixed to the vehicle. The energy absorption capacity of the two holders is fully utilized by spanning a reinforcement on the back side of the load distributor. The reinforcement has an approximately hat-shaped cross-section, extends at least near the holders and has outwardly projecting flanges which are connected with the load distributor.

Knee protection device having a load distributor for a motor vehicle

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Heimsheim, Germany

Armin Kassel