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US 12,059,950 · App. 17/632,265 · Granted Aug 13, 2024

Component assembly for a crash zone of a motor vehicle

Inventors: Markus Amsz (Bachenhausen, DE); Martin Gamboni (Eurasburg, DE)
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
B60K1/04B60R16/0215H01M50/242H01M50/249B60K2001/0438
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Patent No.
US 12,059,950
App. No.
17/632,265
Granted
Aug 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a component assembly for a crash zone (C) of a motor vehicle, comprising a retaining device ( 11 ) having at least one retaining element ( 12 ), by means of which at least one component ( 13, 14 ) is retained. In order to both arrange the at least one component ( 13, 14 ) to most advantageously utilise the available installation space and to guarantee an arrangement of said component ( 13, 14 ) that is secure against damage, said component is retained by means of of the retaining element ( 12 ) in the region of the crash zone (C) of the motor vehicle in a fixed position, wherein the retaining element ( 12 ) has at least one flexible region ( 19, 20 ) with which the component ( 13, 14 ) can be shifted out of the fixed position into an avoidance position in the event of an accident-related application of force.

Claims (29)

1. A component assembly for a crash zone of a motor vehicle, comprising:

holder having a longitudinal extent extending diagonally downward from a transverse inner side at an upper end to a transverse outer side at a lower end at which at least one construction element in a region of the crash zone of the motor vehicle is held in a fixed position, wherein

the holder has at least one pliable region by which the construction element, when impinged by a force caused by an accident, is relocatable from the fixed position to a diverted position.

2. The component assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the construction element comprises an electrical component.

3. The component assembly according to claim 2 , wherein

the electrical component is an electrical line.

4. The component assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one pliable region is formed by a flexible element.

5. The component assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one pliable region is formed by a bearing.

6. The component assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the crash zone is provided in the region of a rocker panel of the motor vehicle.

7. The component assembly according to claim 6 , wherein

in the fixed position, the construction element at least partially projects laterally in the vehicle transverse direction in relation to a storage housing of an energy-store installation for a drive train of the motor vehicle.

8. The component assembly according to claim 7 , wherein

the construction element is able to be relocated from the fixed position in the vehicle transverse direction toward the inside in a transverse direction of the vehicle to the diverted position below the storage housing.

9. The component assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

a slider guide is provided, along which at least one component region of the holding element holder is able to be relocated from the fixed position to the diverted position, is provided.

10. A component assembly for a crash zone of a motor vehicle, comprising:

a holder by which at least one construction element in a region of the crash zone of the motor vehicle is held in a fixed position, wherein

the holder has at least one pliable region by which the construction element, when impinged by a force caused by an accident, is relocatable from the fixed position to a diverted position, wherein

the holder comprises a first holding region to be held on the motor vehicle or a wall of an energy storage housing, and a second holding region to be held on the construction element, and a flexurally rigid region between the first and second holding regions, and

the flexurally rigid region is connected to at least one of the respective first or second holding regions via a flexible region.

11. A component assembly for a crash zone of a motor vehicle, comprising:

a holder by which at least one construction element in a region of the crash zone of the motor vehicle is held in a fixed position, wherein

the holder has at least one pliable region by which the construction element, when impinged by a force caused by an accident, is relocatable from the fixed position to a diverted position, and

a slider guide is provided, along which at least one component region of the holder is able to be relocated from the fixed position to the diverted position,

the slider guide on the motor vehicle comprises a sliding surface, and on the construction element comprises a corresponding sliding surface that interacts with the sliding surface on the motor vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: AMSZ, MARKUS; GAMBONI, MARTIN
To: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 058856/0916 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 123 843.9 · Sep 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220281305A1 · Sep 8, 2022