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Augi Ag

Hans-Peter Maier

Tobias Urban

Matthias Gotthelf

Esref Ciklakarsli

Oliver Thaysen

Willibald Weigl

Martin Schromm

Christian Neufeldt

Nils Oleff

A safety device on a vehicle includes a cable system provided for each one of front wheels of the vehicle, the cable system including a traction cable fastened on a first fastening point on a component of the vehicle body and on a second fastening point on one of the front wheels, at least one deflector arranged between the first and second fastening points, and a self-inhibiting device which includes a cable slack and a lock, wherein in a deactivated state of the cable system the lock releases the cable slack to permit a steering movement of the front wheel, and in an activated state locks the cable slack so that in case of a frontal collision a penetrating obstacle actuates the traction cable in dependence on an overlap of the frontal collision, thereby pivoting the affected front wheel from a starting position into a protective position in which the front wheel is turned with its outside in the direction of the obstacle and with its inside in the direction of an end wall of the vehicle body.

Safety device on a vehicle, and associated vehicle

The invention relates to a vehicle body structure in the floor region of the occupant compartment having on both sides a respective longitudinal beam () in the floor region of the occupant compartment between a transmission tunnel and a side sill. According to the invention each longitudinal beam () extends longitudinally continuously over the entire footwell length from the front end () to a heel plate. The longitudinal beam () is here formed on the bottom side as a closed longitudinal hollow beam by virtue of a longitudinal beam stepped edge () of the floor panel (AB) and on the top side as a longitudinal beam closure part (SW) by virtue of a longitudinal beam angle section connected to the top side.

Vehicle body structure in the floor region of the occupant compartment and associated manufacturing method

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Wolnzach, Germany

Hans-Peter Maier