Patent ID: 9561823
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60Y,B62D

Claim:
1. A motor vehicle rear end, comprising: left and right longitudinal beams defining load-bearing structures of the motor vehicle; a receiving housing arranged between the left and right longitudinal beams, the receiving housing having left and right side walls running substantially in a forward direction of travel, and at least one central wall between the left and right side walls and running substantially in the forward direction of travel; an impact profile connected to the left and right longitudinal beams at a level of the receiving housing for absorbing impact energy in an event of a rear-end crash, the impact profile having a left and right predetermined buckling points configured to enable the impact profile to buckle toward the receiving housing in the event of a rear-end crash, wherein the impact profile that buckles in the event of a rear-end crash strikes the receiving housing along a longitudinal extent of the central wall; and a deformation element between the central wall and the impact profile along the longitudinal extent of the central wall, wherein at least one of the impact profile and the deformation element is in the form of a chamber profile with multiple chambers formed by substantially vertically running channels.