Abstract: A motor vehicle column and a method for production of the motor vehicle column are disclosed, wherein in the motor vehicle column a reinforcement sheet having an inwardly oriented bead is arranged and the reinforcement sheet has an inwardly oriented bead. The reinforcement sheet contacts the outer sheet in at least two sections viewed in cross section so as to form a double layer.

Abstract: A motor vehicle column and a method for production of the motor vehicle column are disclosed, wherein in the motor vehicle column a reinforcement sheet having an inwardly oriented bead is arranged and the reinforcement sheet has an inwardly oriented bead. The reinforcement sheet contacts the outer sheet in at least two sections viewed in cross section so as to form a double layer.

Abstract: A bumper for the front or rear section of a motor vehicle includes a cross member having a shell of U shaped cross section so as to define two legs interconnected by a crosspiece, and a mounting plate joined to the shell. The mounting plate has a U shaped configuration to define a longitudinal wall and two flanged portions which extend from the wall in a direction of the shell so that passageways are formed between the legs of the shell and the flanged portions of the mounting plate. A buffer is disposed anteriorly of the cross member and constructed for a snap fit to the mounting plate, with the buffer having spring legs for acceptance in the passageways.

Abstract: A crash box for installation between a longitudinal member and a bumper cross member of a motor vehicle, includes a sheet metal body having a deformation member which extends anteriorly of an end surface of the longitudinal member and whose maximum crumpling capability defines the energy absorption of the crash box. In prolongation of the deformation member is an attachment member which is engaged in the longitudinal member and detachably secured by bolts therein. Formed in a transition zone between the deformation member and the attachment member, is a stop which is configured in the form of an outwardly directed material protuberance or outwardly directed thickened area of the sheet metal body and bearing against the end surface of the longitudinal member.

Abstract: The deformation member (1) is disposed between a longitudinal member (2) and a cross member (3) of a motor vehicle, with the cross member having a horizontal central longitudinal plane which is vertically offset to the horizontal central longitudinal plane of the longitudinal member (2). The deformation member includes an elongate, hollow base body (4) of polygonal cross section and a height which is greater than its width, and an upper and a lower reinforcing shell (14, 19) which are connected through welding to the base body (4) via the longitudinal edges of their legs (13, 18). The end walls of the lower reinforcing shell (19) are closed by cover plates (22, 24). The deformation member (1) can be coupled via a plate (23) with the longitudinal member (2) of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A side impact beam for motor vehicles has a profiled section of sheet metal having a length in a longitudinal direction and having a cross-sectional shape over most of the length. The cross-sectional shape has at least one cross-sectional portion comprised of a stay extending in the longitudinal direction, a first leg and a second leg connected to opposite longitudinal sides of the stay, a first flange connected to a free end of the first leg, and a second flange connected to a free end of the second flange. At least one tension element connects the first and second legs.

Abstract: An impact damping member for motor vehicles, mounted as a safety member between a bumper element and a frame of the motor vehicle, has an outer tube having a longitudinal axis positioned perpendicularly to the bumper element and the frame. An inner profiled member is arranged inside the outer tube. The inner profiled member has several hollow bodies connected to one another, and each has a longitudinal axis extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the outer tube. A first one of the hollow bodies next to the bumper element is penetrated by a coupling member that connects the impact damping member to the bumper element by penetrating the first hollow body and by being attached to the bumper element.

Abstract: A bumper for a motor vehicle has a transverse support and impact damping members connected to the transverse support, wherein the transverse support is fastened transverse to longitudinal supports of a motor vehicle frame via the impact damping members to the longitudinal supports. The transverse support is an open profiled member opening in a direction toward the impact damping members and has an upper shell and a lower shell. The transverse support has a front stay with an upper longitudinal edge and a lower longitudinal edge, wherein each one of the upper and the lower longitudinal edges has a leg extending toward the impact damping members. Each leg has a vertical portion and an angled reinforcement flange pointing toward the vehicle frame. Each leg is slanted inwardly between 5 degrees and 45 degrees from the longitudinal edges to the vertical portions.