Daimler Ag

Mercedes-benz Group Ag

Steffen Dingfelder

Markus Beck

Peter Gere

Ralf Mehrholz

Michael Wirsing

Karl-Heinz Fueller

Dietmar Kallfass

Berthold Hopf

Jens Spremberg

Oliver Roecker

Joerg Zimmermann

Matthias Hildebrand

Levent Aktay

Dieter Edele

Oliver Quirin

Marcus Hirzel

Jan-Mark Opelka

Bianca Oehm

Andreas Freund

Peter Kuemmerlen

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

A side wall for a motor vehicle has an inside shell made of steel plate and an outside covering connected with (particularly welded to) the inside shell. The outside covering comprises an inside panel made of a steel alloy and an outside panel.

Sidewall for a motor vehicle

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Sindelfingen, Germany

Steffen Dingfelder