Daimler Ag

Daimler Chrysler Ag

Mercedes-benz Group Ag

Peter Gere

Konrad Eipper

Herbert Botzelmann

Michael Wirsing

Ralf Mehrholz

Werner Walter

Arnold Klimas

Steffen Dingfelder

Falk-Hagen Braemig

Dietmar Kallfass

Lena Krimstein

Joerg Zimmermann

Van Dung Nguyen

Andreas Ebert

Jens Spremberg

Levent Aktay

Dieter Edele

Matthias Hildebrand

Jan-Mark Opelka

Oskar Weiss

Marcus Hirzel

Peter Kuemmerlen

Bianca Oehm

Andreas Freund

Marie-Louise Hertfelder

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

In a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine disposed in an engine compartment provided with a hood, and also an electrical machine for at least assisting in driving the vehicle and generating electric energy, and a power electronics system for controlling the electric power supply to, and from the electric machine during operation of the motor vehicle by the internal combustion engine and/or the electrical machine, the power electronics system is arranged in the engine compartment above the internal combustion engine and below the hood.

Motor vehicle

A battery carrier for a traction battery of an electric vehicle includes a battery container which is fastened to the vehicle body by holding devices that are clamped around a longitudinally extending sliding tube mounted on the vehicle body. The sliding tube is displaceable relative to the holding devices along a limited distance in the axial direction, so that the battery container can be accelerated relative to the vehicle body in the event of a frontal impact. Energy absorbing devices for controlling the transmission of kinetic energy from the battery container to the vehicle body, while partially consuming energy, may be formed by deformation tubes which are arranged on the sliding tube, and are made, for example, of a fiber composite material.

Battery carrier for a traction battery of an electric vehicle

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Peter Gere