Mercedes-benz Aktiengesellschaft

Daimler-benz Ag

Abb Daimler-benz Transportation (technology) Gmbh

Gerhard Steinle

Benjamin Dimson

Richard Plavetich

Bruno Sacco

Paul Terry

Michael Ma

Peter Pfeiffer

Hans-Dieter Futschik

Johann Tomforde

Harald Leschke

Berthold Klein

Anton Reichel

Andre Frey

David W Slaughter

Mike Ma

Joseph Gallitzendoerfer

Peter Arcadipane

Rail vehicle

Dashboard and center console of a motor vehicle

Front face of a wheel

Center console of a motor vehicle

Motor vehicle body

A small two-seater car, which has a driver seat and a passenger seat disposed laterally adjacent one another and in facing relationship to an asymmetric dashboard. The passenger seat is arranged to be longitudinally offset to the rear with respect to the driver seat located beside it, by up to half the depth of a seat cushion. The dashboard arranged in front of the seats extends back with its side which is directed towards the seat in its passenger-side region to such an extent that the distance between the dashboard and the seat front edge is approximately the same for the driver seat and the passenger seat. In the region of a rear axle, outer frame side members extend, in a bent-off section, up to at least the level of a tire upper edge, such that at least the passenger seat is protected with respect to side impact forces. The bodywork of the vehicle has virtually no overhang beyond the rear wheels, with the result that, in the event of a rear impact, the rear axle is used to absorb impact forces before more pronounced intrusion to the rear takes place.

Small two-seater car

A selector device of an automatic gear-changing appliance of a gearbox of a motor vehicle is actuated by a withdrawal combined key unit into the positions P, R, N and D. The combined key unit can be withdrawn only in the P position so that an on-board voltage source is positively blocked relative to electrical consumption units.

Automatic gear shift lever arrangement

Growing community of inventors

Newport Beach, CA, United States of America

Gerhard Steinle