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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
May. 06, 1999
Hans-Wolfgang Seeliger, Osnabrueck, DE;
Winfried Bunsmann, Bissendorf, DE;
Werner Gausmann, Osnabrueck, DE;
Siegfried Licher, Georgsmarienhuette, DE;
Elmar Breitenbach, Goettingen, DE;
Holger Hanselka, Braunschweig, DE;
Joerg Melcher, Lehre, DE;
Roger Wimmel, Rosdorf-Mengershausen, DE;
Wilhelm Karmann GmbH, Osnabrueck, DE;
Abstract
A motor vehicle, particularly a convertible, with a vehicle body to which longitudinally moving struts are assigned and with a supporting frame which includes a longitudinally moving strut, is constructed so that at least one of the struts is constructed so that its length can be varied and has assigned to it an absorbing unit for determining a longitudinal stress, a control element for bringing about a counterforce as well as a control unit for the control element.