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Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2020
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Marius Sawatzki, Pulheim/NRW, DE;

Daniel Meckenstock, Wuppertal/NRW, DE;

Stefan Schneider, Rösrath/NRW, DE;

Dominik Mueller, Euskirchen/NRW, DE;

Joergen Hilmann, Leverkusen/NRW, DE;

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/0461 (2013.01); B60J 5/0431 (2013.01); B60J 5/0456 (2013.01); B60J 5/0462 (2013.01); B62D 21/157 (2013.01); B62D 25/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

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.


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