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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin Muller, Denkendorf, DE;
Engelbert Wolpert, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Daimler Chrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ; B60T / ; B60T / ; B62D / ; G05G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180274 ; 280784 ; 74512 ;
Abstract
In a motor vehicle body structure including a deformable passenger compartment front wall to which longitudinal forwardly extending frame members are connected and on which a pedal support block is mounted which is tilted backwardly and upwardly when the front wall is deformed by crash impact forces transmitted through the longitudinal frame members to the front wall, pedals pivotally mounted on the pedal support block have projections extending backwardly and having end portions guided by a guide surface so as to pivot the pedal arms forwardly when the pedal support block is tilted backwardly and upwardly by frontal impact forces.