Patent ID: 7201433

Claim:
A deformation element for a motor vehicle, installed in a fore or aft trunk well of a body of the vehicle, comprising: a triangular assembly of interconnected components including a forward structural channel, as viewed in a travel direction of the vehicle, that extends in a transverse direction relative to the vehicle and from which additional structural strut channels extend rearward, as viewed in the travel direction of the vehicle, and a transverse support plate by which free tail ends of the additional structural strut channels are connected, the transverse support plate itself being supported by the body of the vehicle, wherein one of the additional structural strut channels, obliquely extending rearward, is attached to each end face of the forward structural channel, and wherein inner wall surfaces of the additional structural strut channels butt against the end faces of the forward structural channel while the front ends of the additional structural strut channels remain open.