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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1986
Guenter Stuertz, Weil im Schonbuch, DE;
Rudolf Nock, Aidlingen, DE;
Egon Katz, Nagold, DE;
Falk Zeidler, Sindelfingen, DE;
Alban Bossenmaier, Stuttgart, DE;
Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A foot-supporting body in a motor vehicle is provided which is capable of supporting both feet of a passenger while reducing the intrusion depth, reducing the change in intrusion speed and performing deformation work. The foot-supporting body is made as a pure hard-foam moulded body which--arranged on the passenger/driver side of the end wall--extends beyond the left-hand foot-placement area at least as far as the area covered by the brake pedal. The inherent rigidity of the foot-supporting body, as viewed in the loading direction, which can be permanently deformed, is below that of the allocated area of the end wall. Polystyrene--or polyurethane--foamed plastic, with a lower volumetric-weight limit of about 20 g/dm.sup.3 is preferably used as the moulded body material in certain exemplary embodiments.