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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bernd Artner, Renningen, DE;
Assignee:
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/934 ; B60J 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/934 ; B60J 7/00 ;
Abstract
A device for the absorption of impact energy in motor vehicles is designed with a box profile section of sheet metal construction fixed in use to at least one bodywork component. In the direction of introduction of a force that is to be absorbed, the box profile section is designed with a tapered extension such that, when compressed by the force to be absorbed, the deformed material accumulates substantially inside the cross-section of the remaining deformation length of the box section profile in a manner at least approximating to a concertina.