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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Daniel Meckenstock, Wuppertal NRW, DE;
Martin Salz-Breuer, Bonn, DE;
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a foot-supporting safety device of a motor vehicle. The foot-supporting safety device includes a foot mat, which is provided so as to be arranged on a foot-space floor of the vehicle. The foot mat has a supporting surface and at least one hollow space that receives at least one fluid. The at least one hollow space is arranged in a direction perpendicular with respect to the supporting surface and with a major portion below the supporting surface. In accordance with the disclosure, the at least one hollow space is permanently filled with a predetermined quantity of the at least one fluid.