Granted Patent B2

US 12,491,756 · App. 17/927,270 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Inventors: Andre Daubitz (Herrenberg, DE); Arno Disson (Sindelfingen, DE)

Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG

B60J5/0458B62D21/157

Abstract

Claims (14)

1 . A passenger motor vehicle ( 1 ), comprising:

a body ( 3 );

a side door ( 5 ), wherein the side door ( 5 ) is movable between a closed position and an open position;

a side door fixing element ( 9 ), wherein the side door fixing element ( 9 ) is disposed on a free border region ( 7 ) of the side door ( 5 ); and

a body stop element ( 13 ), wherein the body stop element ( 13 ) is disposed above the side door fixing element ( 9 ) in a vertical direction of the passenger motor vehicle and is disposed on a supporting motor vehicle column of the body ( 3 ) which is arranged spaced apart from the side door fixing element ( 9 ) in the vertical direction of the passenger motor vehicle when the side door ( 5 ) is in the closed position;

wherein the side door fixing element ( 9 ) and the body stop element ( 13 ) have an offset relative to each other in a transverse direction of the passenger motor vehicle ( 1 ) when the side door ( 5 ) is in the closed position;

wherein the side door ( 5 ) is reshapeable as a result of an impact on the side door ( 5 ) such that the side door fixing element ( 9 ) is displaceable against the body stop element ( 13 );

wherein an entirety of the body stop element ( 13 ) is disposed above an entirety of the side door fixing element ( 9 ) in the vertical direction of the passenger motor vehicle in the closed position such that there is a gap (z) between the body stop element ( 13 ) and the side door fixing element ( 9 ) in the vertical direction in the closed position and wherein the body stop element ( 13 ) and the side door fixing element ( 9 ) can only come into contact with each other as a result of the impact on the side door ( 5 ).

2 . The passenger motor vehicle ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein when the side door ( 5 ) is moved between the closed position and the open position, the side door fixing element ( 9 ) passes the body stop element ( 13 ) without touching.

3 . The passenger motor vehicle ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein in an event of a reshaping of the side door ( 5 ) caused by an impact on the side door, the side door fixing element ( 9 ) is displaceable in the transverse direction of the passenger motor vehicle ( 1 ) in a direction of a passenger space against a stop on the body stop element ( 13 ).

4 . The passenger motor vehicle ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the side door fixing element ( 9 ) has an abutment contact surface ( 44 ) which is displaceable against an abutment mating contact surface ( 33 ) of the body stop element ( 13 ) via a reshaping of the side door ( 5 ) caused by an impact on the side door and wherein the abutment contact surface ( 44 ) and the abutment mating contact surface ( 33 ) are configured such that, despite abutment contact therebetween, a relative movement between the side door fixing element ( 9 ) and the body stop element ( 13 ) is possible due to a gliding off along the abutment mating contact surface ( 33 ) and the abutment contact surface ( 44 ).

5 . The passenger motor vehicle ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the side door fixing element ( 9 ) is a passive fixing element and the body stop element ( 13 ) is a stop element.

6 . The passenger motor vehicle ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the side door fixing element ( 9 ) is disposed on a lower corner region of the side door ( 5 ) and wherein the body stop element ( 13 ) is disposed on a column foot ( 23 ) of the supporting motor vehicle column.

7 . The passenger motor vehicle ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the body stop element ( 13 ) is a lower hinge element of the side door ( 5 ).

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