Magna Steyr Fährzeugtechnik Ag & Co. Kg

Steffan Hermann

Arno Eichberger

Andreas Rieser

A device for simulating a collision of a motor vehicle by a laterally hitting impactor. The device comprises a seat carriage () which can be displaced in the transversal direction of the vehicle and on which a seat () is mounted, a lateral part carriage () on which a lateral part () of a motor vehicle body is mounted, and the impactor () that acts upon the lateral part () and is provided with an acceleration mechanism (). The seat carriage () and the lateral part carriage () can be displaced independently of each other. In order to create a testing device which dispenses with the need for expensive and time-consuming preliminary tests to determine the settings for the tests, the impactor () is equipped with an acceleration mechanism () which can perform both positively and negatively accelerated movements in a controlled manner while an additional impactor () is provided that acts upon the seat carriage (). In addition, further controls () are provided for influencing the movement of the seat carriage ().

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Graz, Austria

Steffan Hermann