Motor vehicle safety equipment, especially separation net

DRIVE March 17, 2004
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The device has an extraction element with a tubular body section(s) with a construction(s) and an axially movable bearer for an element for attachment to the vehicle and a deformation body for absorbing crash energy. The bearer has a thickened end with a larger cross-section than the axial section. In a crash the constriction is a thrust block for the deformation body and the thickened end has thrust surfaces for thrust deformation of the body. The device has an extraction element (11) with at least one section of a tubular body (12) with at least one constriction (16) and an axially movable bearer (15) for an attachment element for attachment to the vehicle and a deformation body (27) for absorbing kinetic crash energy. The bearer has a thickened end (17) with a larger cross-sectional area than that of the axial section. In a crash the constriction provides a thrust block for the deformation body and the thickened end has thrust surfaces (34) for thrust deformation of the body.

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