Safety device for a motor vehicle including a front-end structure
View Patent ↗A safety device for a motor vehicle including a front-end structure, a front bulkhead, which separates the front-end structure from an interior, and a brake apparatus fixed to the front bulkhead and including a brake cylinder, the brake cylinder includes a device for pivoting the brake apparatus, which device, in the event of a vehicle crash, interacts with structural elements disposed in the front-end structure. The safety of a driver present in the motor vehicle may be increased. The device for pivoting the brake apparatus includes a fastening portion and a slide portion with a slide plane.
1. A safety device for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a front-end structure;
a front bulkhead separating the front-end structure from an interior; and
a brake apparatus fixed to the front bulkhead and including a brake cylinder, the brake cylinder including a pivot device adapted to pivot the brake apparatus and to interact, in an event of a vehicle crash, with structural elements arranged in the front-end structure, the pivot device including a fastening portion and a slide portion having a slide plane;
wherein the slide portion includes four planar faces forming a cavity.
2. The safety device according to claim 1 , wherein the pivot device is arranged at, in a direction of travel, a forward-pointing end face of the brake cylinder.
3. The safety device according to claim 1 , wherein the pivot device is detachably connected to the brake cylinder.
4. The safety device according to claim 1 , wherein the slide plane is aligned so that the brake apparatus, in the event of the vehicle crash, performs a swivel motion about a substantially horizontal plane.
5. The safety device according to claim 1 , wherein one face of the four planar faces forms the slide plane.
6. The safety device according to claim 1 , wherein the cavity, in a longitudinal section in a vertical direction of the motor vehicle, has a triangular cross-section, one corner of the triangular cross-section aligned downwardly.
7. The safety device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the four planar faces of the slide portion includes a downwardly increasing wall thickness.
8. The safety device according to claim 1 , wherein the cavity includes a discharge opening.
9. The safety device according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening portion includes reception fixtures for fastening devices.
10. A safety device for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a front-end structure;
a front bulkhead separating the front-end structure from an interior; and
a brake apparatus fixed to the front bulkhead and including a brake cylinder, the brake cylinder including means for pivoting the brake apparatus and for interacting, in an event of a vehicle crash, with structural elements arranged in the front-end structure, the means including a fastening portion and a slide portion having a slide plane;
wherein the slide portion includes four planar faces forming a cavity.
11. A motor vehicle, comprising:
a safety device, including:
a front-end structure;
a front bulkhead separating the front-end structure from an interior; and
a brake apparatus fixed to the front bulkhead and including a brake cylinder, the brake cylinder including a pivot device adapted to pivot the brake apparatus and to interact, in an event of a vehicle crash, with structural elements arranged in the front-end structure, the pivot device including a fastening portion and a slide portion having a slide plane;
wherein the slide portion includes four planar faces forming a cavity.