Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Stefan Schneider

Daniel Meckenstock

Marius Sawatzki

Dominik Mueller

Joergen Hilmann

Michael Spurling

A vehicle includes a battery housing, a plurality of batteries, and a door step. The battery housing is disposed in a floor area of the vehicle. The batteries are within the battery housing. The door step is located proximate a side of the battery housing. The door step includes an upper running board with a stepping surface and a lower bottom part that is spaced apart from the upper running board and extends parallel to the upper running board to define at least one chamber therebetween. The lower bottom part includes a central weakened area which extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and is configured to permit a center region of the door step to buckle upwards in response to a lateral force greater than a predetermined threshold amount of force.

Motor vehicle having at least one door step

Systems are provided for a structural element. In one example, a system comprises a structural element arranged between a steering column and a front bumper, wherein the structural element at least partially surrounds the steering column.

Structural component for a superstructure of a vehicle, and vehicle superstructure

The disclosure relates to a crash structure for a motor vehicle, the crash structure being, in a starting state, at a minimum spacing of greater than zero from a door hinge of a vehicle door of the motor vehicle, and the crash structure being in contact with at least one contact region which is assigned to the door hinge in a crash state after a partial overlap crash by way of passing into an operative connection with a wheel of the motor vehicle, and forming a deflector surface for the deflection of the wheel.

Crash structure for a motor vehicle

A chassis for a motor vehicle includes a longitudinal axis, at least one longitudinal member, and a front bumper fastened to the longitudinal member. The front bumper includes a region protruding over the longitudinal member in the lateral direction (y-direction). The chassis includes a support which has a transverse limb and a longitudinal limb. The longitudinal member has an outer face and the support is fastened at the transverse limb to the outer face of the longitudinal member. The transverse limb extends laterally to the outer face. The longitudinal limb adjoins the transverse limb laterally on the outside and extends in the longitudinal direction away from the front bumper.

Chassis for a motor vehicle

A motor vehicle () having a passenger compartment () and a front compartment () arranged in the direction of a longitudinal axis (X) in front of the passenger compartment () is provided. Here, the passenger compartment () is surrounded by a body () comprising a slope (). In the front compartment (), an auxiliary frame () is arranged. As claimed in the disclosure, a spacing () is formed between the auxiliary frame () and the slope () in the direction of the longitudinal axis (X) and a spacer piece () is arranged in this spacing.

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Rösrath, Germany

Stefan Schneider