Patent ID: 8061763
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: B60J,B60N,B60R

Abstract:
1. A device for a motor vehicle for protecting vehicle occupants from an impact of energy laterally directed at a motor vehicle door due to a collision, comprising a connecting structure with at least two parts, a first part thereof being permanently connected with the motor vehicle door and a second part thereof being permanently connected with an energy-absorbing region of a body of the motor vehicle located in an interior of the body, the parts being operationally connectable to each other via at least one common joint region for conducting away at least a part of the impact of energy laterally directed at the motor vehicle door, wherein the first part is coupled in a rotatably fixed fashion to a pivot bearing within the motor vehicle door and is reversibly movable from a vertical position into a horizontal position through the impact of force and the second part comprises one of a rod or tube with a first end permanently connected with the body and the second part has a second end positioned opposite the first end and is reversibly movable from a first position to a second position through horizontal linear movement and through the impact of the force, and the first part when in a horizontal position and the second part when in a second position are operatively connectable by the common joint region, the impact of force when acting on the motor vehicle door being conducted away from the pivot bearing via the first and second parts to the first end of the second part, which is permanently connected to the motor vehicle bodywork.