Patent ID: 7832793
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A pedestrian guard for a motor vehicle for protecting persons in the event of collision with the motor vehicle, comprising at least one profile section with a hexagonal cross-section which is arranged between an exterior component of the motor vehicle, against which a person might impact in the event of collision with the motor vehicle, and a component of a frame of the motor vehicle connected to it, the at least one profile being made of an aluminum material in a soft annealed state, wherein the hexagonal cross-section has rounded corners and circular shoulders on two diametrically opposed corners and wherein a reinforcement plate is arranged in the hexagonal cross-section in a manner preventing deformation of the profile section when a tensile force is applied to the profile section perpendicularly to a direction of extension the reinforcement plate and being ineffective when a compressive force is applied to the profile section perpendicularly to the direction of extension of the reinforcement plate.