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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2005
Applicants:
Markus Koormann, Osnabruck, DE;
Markus Exner, Belm, DE;
Thomas Hessel, Munster, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Wilheim Karmann GmbH, Osnabrueck, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle having a B-pillar, a side-sill arrangement into which the B-pillar extends and a transverse reinforcement that extends in the transverse direction to above the side-sill arrangement and adjacent to a lower end of the B-pillar, is characterized in that a plate-like impact element arranged in the longitudinal direction and upright, is connected on an inside side outer end of transverse reinforcement.