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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
May. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karl-Heinz Baumann, Bondorf, DE;
Ulrich Bruhnke, Ehningen, DE;
Assignee:
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 2/134 ; F21V 1/504 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 2/134 ; F21V 1/504 ;
Abstract
A motor vehicle having a lamp unit which is arranged on the outwardly facing end of a supporting structure of the vehicle, the arrangement of the lamp unit including an energy-absorbing deformation element which surrounds the circumference of an associated reflector and as a consequence of being supported axially on an opposite surface of the supporting structure collapses, with a reduction in length, when subjected to excessive impact stress, and the reflector forming a constructional unit together with a transparent lens and a lamp housing. The lamp housing itself is designed as an energy-absorbing deformation element.