Daimler Ag

Mercedes-benz Group Ag

Joerg Zimmermann

Markus Hornung

Ralf Mehrholz

Peter Gere

Michael Wirsing

Dietmar Kallfass

Steffen Dingfelder

Robert Mutschler

Peter Kuemmerlen

Andreas Freund

Jens Spremberg

Dieter Edele

Levent Aktay

Marcus Hirzel

Bianca Oehm

Matthias Hildebrand

Jan-Mark Opelka

Marie-Louise Hertfelder

Benedikt Krass

A chassis for a passenger car includes two main longitudinal chassis beams which are connected to one another via a bumper cross member. A support arrangement extends between the two beams and is supported on a central tunnel. The support arrangement forms a load path in an event of a collision-related force being applied to the passenger car where above and/or below the support arrangement an installation space region is provided for accommodating a component or unit in need of protection. The support arrangement includes a strut which extends in a region of a center of the passenger car between the two beams and which forms a protective device which transmits impact forces forwards to the central tunnel. The strut has a first longitudinal section that is deformable in a targeted energy-absorbing manner and a second longitudinal section which functions as a rigid beam.

Chassis for a passenger car

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Calw, Germany

Joerg Zimmermann