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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2002
Applicants:
Garry Brown, Nuneaton, GB;
Thomas Frank, Stuttgart, DE;
Klaus Rathje, Hildrizhausen, DE;
Oliver Tomlin, Leicestershire, GB;
Maya Ziegs, Ammerbuch, DE;
Inventors:
Garry Brown, Nuneaton, GB;
Thomas Frank, Stuttgart, DE;
Klaus Rathje, Hildrizhausen, DE;
Oliver Tomlin, Leicestershire, GB;
Maya Ziegs, Ammerbuch, DE;
Assignee:
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/10 (2006.01); B60J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In order to protect pedestrians in the event of a collision with a motor vehicle, a bodyshell element forming a hood or trunk lid has at least one edge area with an outer part isolated from a support structure, in such a way that the outer part creates an energy-absorbing zone in front of the support structure part as a means of protection in a collision.