Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland Gmbh

Kostal Automobil Elektrik Gmbh & Co. Kg

Christian Lenkenhoff

Klaus Hirschfeld

Marco Töller

Christian Schirp

Herwig Rilling

Uwe Pitzul

Frank Rohlfs

Markus Löcker

Rolf Schwarzer

Norbert Hees

Robin Perlick

Sven Wessel

Christina KÖNIG

Georg SCHRÖDER

Marco TÖLLER

A device for connecting a steering column to a cross member positioned between two A-pillars. The device comprises a front connecting region, a cross member-accommodating region, and a rear connecting region. The device comprises at least one metal structure, which is designed as a bow or comprises at least one such bow, extending from the front connecting region to the rear connecting region. A base body supports the metal structure. The metal structure is substantially the main load path for introducing force into the cross member. The base body is connected to the metal structure in at least the front connecting region and rear connecting region, in the direction of the main load path.

Device for connecting a steering column to a crossmember

The invention relates to a vehicle bumper assembly () having a bumper cross-member () and at least two energy-absorption components (), which are arranged at a distance from one another and which are connected to the rear side of the bumper cross-member () and supported thereon by means of a first end. The energy-absorption components have an x-direction absorption effective direction oriented perpendicular to the y-axes longitudinal extension of the bumper. The energy-absorption components () are designed to be supported on a chassis part () of a vehicle by means of the end of the energy-absorption components pointing away from the bumper cross-member, wherein the energy-absorption component () has a slanted end face () in the direction toward the bumper cross-member (). According to the invention, the entire or substantially the entire end face () of the energy-absorption component () is supported on the rear side of the bumper cross-member (), and the plane of the end face () of the energy-absorption component () facing the bumper, and thus the bumper cross-member (), is oriented such that the front side thereof is arranged at an angle to the plane extending orthogonally to the force application direction of the AZT structure test.

Vehicle bumper assembly

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Schwelm, Germany

Christian Lenkenhoff