Daimler-Benz Ag

Mercedes-Benz Aktiengesellschaft

Mc Micro Compact Car Aktiengesellschaft

Micro Compact Car Ag

Mc Micro Compact Car

Micro Compact Car Gmbh

Mc Micro Compact Car Aktingesellschaft

Grifka, Joachim

Teamobility Gmbh

Johann Tomforde

Peter Pfeiffer

Bruno Sacco

Jens Manske

Anton Reichel

Berthold Klein

Josef Gallitzendorfer

Olivier De Vries

Harald Leschke

Volker Leutz

Hans Gotz

Wolfgang Klie

Wolfgang Fischer

Joseph Gallitzendorfer

Horst Kleiner

Jurgen Mutschler

Gerd Seidenfaden

Martin Kahl

Georg Asal

Jans Manske

Karlheinz Bauer

Werner Breitschwerdt

Guntram Huber

Gerhard Zweigart

Rudiger Hoffmann

Gerhard Steinle

Daniel Riechers

Andreas Langenbeck

Werner Heiss

Gunter Siegel

Joachim Paschke

Bruno Stenemann

Jochen Parisch

David W Slaughter

Joseph Gallitzendoerfer

Mike Ma

Gunther Ellenrieder

Hubert Scheper

Wilhelm Seeger

Ralf Freischlager

Alexander Pothoven

Axel Stehle

Fritz Haeberle

Ferdinand Hellhake

Knut Bormann

Christoph Henrici

Gerard Cardiet

Hans P Spreng

Christoph Severin

Axel Kleinschmidt

Bernhard Joseph

Ralph Staud

Stefan Mayr

Oliver Neuland

Werner Nowak

Walter Berlinger

Thomas Abb

Monika Wall

Wilfried Gross

Juergen Riehl

An assembly plant for the series assembly of vehicles has a main assembly line and associated assembly works for relatively complex vehicle parts to be supplied 'just in time'. Simpler assembly components and small and standard components are held in readiness in a central component store and supplied from there to the assembly line. Stores for large components are arranged near to the corresponding assembly point. The overall conveying section is divided into a plurality of mutually adjoining U-shaped conveying loops. Provided between each of the assembly shops and the central component store, on the one hand, and the main assembly line, on the other, there are in each case feeder systems. In order to optimize the assembly plant both logistically and in terms of operation and costs, individual U-shaped conveying loops of the assembly line are directed radially away from a center of the assembly plant, preferably orthogonally relative to one another, leaving a free space between adjacent U-shaped conveying loops. In this arrangement, the separate assembly shops and the central component store are accommodated in immediate proximity to the assembly line in the free spaces between the conveying loops. The conveying loops can be arranged in the form of a cross or a T or L shape and, in part, also parallel to one another and directly adjacent to one another.

Cost effective and logically optimized assembly plant for series

In a region between at least two mutually adjacent body parts, an assembly template is connected to the body support structure, which template has at least one adjustment edge against which the adjacent body parts can be aligned. The template is centered on centering pins of vehicle door hinges and the adjustment edge serves to position a fender part with respect to the door.

Motor vehicle having a body support structure and assembly template

Seat for a vehicle

Automobile body

Exterior surface configuration of an automobile front light assembly

Exterior surface configuration of an automobile tail light assembly

The invention relates to a body for a motor car, especially a small car, in which the load-bearing structure of the body is formed by what is referred to as a 'space-frame' structure. In the floor region and in the side region behind the doors, surface elements are integrated in a sealing and permanent manner into the framework structure and are in part closed off by window panes inserted in a sealing manner or by a roof inserted in a sealing manner. At the front, the body is closed off by a nose module which can be bolted on in a sealing manner, can be preassembled ready for operation and can be closed off laterally and at the rear by a side door fitted in a sealing manner and a tailgate, respectively. The outward-facing flat sides of the sections of the framework structure which lie above the beltline are exposed and in this region the bars are in each case shaped to match the desired surface profile of the body and--apart from a paint finish--directly form the body exterior surface area. Below the beltline, the framework structure is covered with panelling components which are connected removably to the framework structure, do not have a load-bearing function and, together with the lower portions of the doors and of the tailgate and with the nose module, determine the shape of the body in this lower region. The vehicle produced in this way is not only very easy to repair overall as minor damage to simple manner alternatives to the body but it is for dimensional be produced and made regards relatively also possible in a and formal body available.

Body for a motor car, especially a small car

Seat for a motor vehicle

A passenger cell for a passenger car with a load bearing shell structure. The A-pillar and the adjoining lateral roof frame each have a two-part longitudinal profile. The two longitudinal profile parts are arranged at a distance from each other and an inner longitudinal profile part protruding into the interior as a roof gripping rail.

Passenger car cell with load-bearing shell structure

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 passenger compartment is disclosed with a transverse stiffener arranged in the region of the seats for passenger cars with restricted passenger compartments. A force-transmitting side member is arranged as a reinforcement element in each side door and a force-transmitting seat crossmember is supported between the two side members so that it can be displaced longitudinally, at least one seat being fastened to the seat crossmember.

Passenger compartment with a transverse stiffener arranged in the region

An arrangement of operating controls of vehicle components has functions to be adjusted for the switched-on vehicle components represented on a display. These functions are rendered visible by a viewing window. In the immediate spatial vicinity of these viewing windows, operating parts are mounted. The operating of these parts switches the function to be adjusted and is indicated through the associated viewing window.

Operator-sensed feedback vehicle component operating control

The invention relates to a lowerable vehicle roof having a dimensionally stable roof shell in a front end area of the roof, which shell extends over the entire width of the roof and, when the roof is closed, is detachably connected to a frame profile of a front windscreen frame, lying opposite its front end face. When the roof is open the roof shell is disposed in a substantially transverse plane of the vehicle located behind a seat area. The roof shell which is swivelled about a horizontal vehicle transverse axis protrudes upwards in relation to a center horizontal plane of the vehicle and has in the protruding longitudinal area a viewing opening located essentially in the center of the vehicle width when the roof is open. So that the front end area of the vehicle roof can be made non-transparent, the front end face of the roof shell delimits, in the central area of the roof, an indentation of the roof shell which extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle when the roof is closed, the frame profile of the front windscreen frame being widened in the central area in a fashion which is complementary to said roof shell, and the roof shell being completely upright when the roof is open, as a result of which the indentation at the front end of the roof shell can be utilized as a viewing opening.

Vehicle roof

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Sindelfingen, Germany

Johann Tomforde