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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
May. 12, 2006
Tobias Melz, Darmstadt, DE;
Björn Seipel, Florstadt, DE;
Bernhard Sielhorst, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, DE;
Eric Zimmerman, Kassel, DE;
Tobias Melz, Darmstadt, DE;
Björn Seipel, Florstadt, DE;
Bernhard Sielhorst, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, DE;
Eric Zimmerman, Kassel, DE;
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V., Munich, DE;
Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH, Hagenback, DE;
Abstract
The invention is a device for increasing occupant protection in a motor vehicle during a lateral impact, in which the energy input acts laterally on a partial area of the motor vehicle door wherein a motor vehicle seat is situated on the side of the motor vehicle door facing away from the energy input. The motor vehicle door is provided with an interior lining facing the motor vehicle seat and at least one partial area of the interior door lining is conveyable from an initial state into an extended state projecting by a drive unit into the motor vehicle interior. The drive unit is connected to the motor vehicle door and to the partial area of the interior door lining.