Daimler-benz Ag

Gunter Sturtz

Gerhard Burk

Reiner Jocher

Dietrich Rothacker

Herbert Holtze

Hartmut Baitinger

Lamp unit for vehicles which is retained slidably under the effect of force in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle in order to reduce the danger of injury to pedestrians et cetera, and also the danger of damage to the lamps in the case of minor accidents.

Lamp unit for vehicles

A motor vehicle provided with an engine space or trunk arranged in the forward end thereof and with an end wall located between the space or trunk and the passenger compartment. A brake pedal, mounted in a suspended fashion connected to a braking device located outside of the passenger compartment, extends through the end wall. The braking device is arranged so that, upon a frontal structural deformation caused by a collision, the brake device executes a pivotal motion by which the brake pedal is guided away from the driver of the vehicle and against the end wall. A two-stage deformation member is provided which includes a rigid upper pot-shaped deformation member to which the braking device is attached. A pedal shaft of the brake pedal is mounted in an upper zone of the upper pot shaped member, the upper pot shaped member passes over by way of a step or shoulder into a larger deformable lower pot-shaped member connected with the end wall. The lower pot-shaped deformation member is fashioned so that a larger deformation distance is available in an upper zone than in a lower zone thereof.

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Leinfelden, Germany

Gunter Sturtz