Patent ID: 6325440
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
An arrangement of a dash panel in a vehicle body, the vehicle body including laterally opposed A-pillars, a dashboard and at least one vehicle part, the dash panel comprising:ends attached to the A-pillars, the dash panel defining a traverse at a height of the dashboard;two side areas extending approximately in a straight line and aligned between the A-pillars;a middle area disposed between the two side areas and being bent back at angles into a passenger compartment of the vehicle body, the at least one vehicle part being mounted in front of the middle area of the dash panel and being displaceable against the dash panel by an energy-absorbing deformation of a front end of the vehicle in response to a front-end collision, the middle area including a wedge section having a wedge edge pointing forward in a direction of travel of the vehicle body, the wedge edge defining a cutting and separating edge extending in the transverse direction.