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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Bauer, Heilbronn, DE;
Alban Bossenmaier, Gaufelden, DE;
Santiago Duenas Loza, Ammerbuch, DE;
Friedrich Reiter, Sindelfingen, DE;
Assignee:
Mercedes-Benz AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280748 ; 180 90 ; 280751 ; 280752 ; 297189 ; 297 70 ; 297191 ;
Abstract
A plate- or shell-like plastic trim panel is provided with a convex structure configured such that, in the event of a horizontal compressive load running essentially in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the trim panel undergoes a controlled elastic and/or plastic deformation in the direction of the adjoining free space. This arrangement avoids risking injury to legs of a vehicle occupant resulting from uncontrolled bending or breaking of flat trim panels without such convex structure.