Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

Martin Goehrke

Reiner Armbruster

Andre Scholz

Thomas Meier

Dieter Steinhauser

Jens Zimmer

Andreas Kohler

Liam Moloney

An impact protection system is provided for a door of a motor vehicle and extends between upright door frames of a door body. On one side the impact protection system is connected with a hinge column by way of hinges and, on the other side, adjacent to a lock of the door, is connected with an additional column. The hinge column and additional column are integrated in a body structure of a body of the motor vehicle. In order to optimize this impact protection system, the lock is mounted on the latter and, in the closed condition of the door, an engaging device of the door interacts with a receiving device of a deformation device which is fastened to the additional column of the vehicle body structure.

Impact protection system for a door of a motor vehicle

A structure is provided for a passenger motor vehicle, which comprises a panel structure of non-metallic material, such as fiber-reinforced plastic. For optimization of the structure with regard to high strength, light weight, and functional performance, said structure comprises a passenger cell, the panel structure of which includes a front panel structure and a rear panel structure, while the panel structures are connected with a floor structure bordered by longitudinal girders extending between the panel structures.

Structure for a passenger motor vehicle and method of making same

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Loechgau, Germany

Martin Goehrke