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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Antje Sipido, Frechen, DE;
Monika Teodorescu, Cologne-Heimersdorf, DE;
Susanne Spaetgens, Kaarst, DE;
Joergen Hilmann, Leverkusen, DE;
Tobias Duffe, Cologne, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A pedestrian protection apparatus for a motor vehicle front end has a leg-contacting segment which, in a pre-impact position, is arranged completely above an approach plane of the vehicle (which is defined by way of a front approach angle of the motor vehicle), and can be adjusted into a post-impact position by means of a force deflecting apparatus by way of at least proportionally vertical deflection of an impact force which acts along the longitudinal direction. In a post-impact position, the contact segment is arranged at least partially below the approach plane and lower than a bumper crossmember.