Daimler Chrysler Ag

Josef Sailer

Eberhard Benz

Alfred Schnabel

Christoph Mueller

Joachim Herre

Juergen Weingarth

Frank Adams

Saber Kammawie

Hartmut Heinrich

Achim Buchfink

A plate-like carrier element which is intended for accommodating devices, for example, for picking up and processing signals is arranged in a vehicle body such that, in the event of crash-induced deformation of the same in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, damage to the installed devices is avoided. This is achieved in that the carrier element can be fastened on the vehicle-body floor and the connection between the two is such that crash-induced floor deformation, which takes place in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, results, on the crash side, in an upwardly directed tilting movement of the carrier element, which bears the devices on its top side.

Arrangement of a plate-like carrier element in the body of a motor vehicle

A front-end structure for a passenger motor vehicle has a front end region, in the direction of travel, of the brake servo unit which is assigned at least one mechanical forced guidance apparatus. The latter is fixed on at least one body-shell part. In a vehicle impact, the apparatus engages with at least one movement component in the vertical direction of the vehicle, from bottom to top, on the end region of the brake servo unit.

Front-end structure for a motor vehicle

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Haigerloch, Germany

Josef Sailer