Abstract: A body structure for a motor vehicle includes two inner sills having an undulating cross section, a floor panel arranged in the transverse direction of the vehicle between the inner sills, and two funnel-shaped force-introducing elements which are connected in respective front sill regions to the inner sills and widen in a funnel-shaped manner transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and, behind respective front wheelhouse regions, are supported on the rear side by their respective widened end region on a bulkhead of the body structure. A motor vehicle includes a body structure of this kind.

Abstract: A bumper for a motor vehicle has at least one longitudinal beam and a transverse beam that is secured to the longitudinal beam. The transverse beam is designed as a hollow profile body and is produced by connecting, in a material fit, a plurality of straps and webs.

Abstract: A vehicle body has a side sill, which has an upper wall and a lower wall, and a floor plate. The side sill and the floor plate are connected to each other. The side sill has a hollow profile, and the floor plate is designed such as to overlap the upper wall and/or the lower wall of the side sill.

Abstract: A vehicle body has a side sill, which has an upper wall and a lower wall, and a floor plate. The side sill and the floor plate are connected to each other. The side sill has a hollow profile, and the floor plate is designed such as to overlap the upper wall and/or the lower wall of the side sill.

Abstract: A crash structure is provided for a vehicle. The crash structure includes at least two carriers produced of fiber-reinforced plastic, and at least one planar element produced of fiber-reinforced plastic. The planar element is connected to both carriers to avoid buckling of the carrier in the event of a crash.

Abstract: An equipment-fastening device EFD to enhance the crash safety of aircraft, for fastening a piece of equipment to a support structure of an airframe, includes a load-limiting release mechanism and a load-peak transformer connected to the release mechanism and having a load-limiting, impact-energy-absorbing deformation element. Load peaks that occur in case of a crash and that stem from equipment fastened to the support structure by means of the equipment-fastening device are first reduced to a residual load peak by the EFD after the release, thereby relieving the stress on the support structure. Only then is any residual load peak that might still remain introduced via a first fastening section of the EFD into the support structure with a time delay vis-à-vis the load peaks that occurred originally.

Abstract: An equipment-fastening device EFD to enhance the crash safety of aircraft, for fastening a piece of equipment to a support structure of an airframe, includes a load-limiting release mechanism and a load-peak transformer connected to the release mechanism and having a load-limiting, impact-energy-absorbing deformation element. Load peaks that occur in case of a crash and that stem from equipment fastened to the support structure by means of the equipment-fastening device are first reduced to a residual load peak by the EFD after the release, thereby relieving the stress on the support structure. Only then is any residual load peak that might still remain introduced via a first fastening section of the EFD into the support structure with a time delay vis-à-vis the load peaks that occurred originally.

Abstract: An impact-absorbing, load-limiting connection device includes a first connection structure, a second connection structure, a guiding mechanism, and at least one impact-absorbing, load-limiting sacrificial element disposed between the first and second connection structure. At least one of the first and second connection structures is moveable with respect to the other in a predetermined direction of movement corresponding to an anticipated main impact direction. The guiding mechanism is configured to guide at least one of the first and second connection structures along the direction of movement and includes at least one transverse force-absorbing guide element configured to absorb a force in a direction transverse to the direction of movement.

Abstract: An impact-absorbing, load-limiting connection device includes a first connection structure, a second connection structure, a guiding mechanism, and at least one impact-absorbing, load-limiting sacrificial element disposed between the first and second connection structure. At least one of the first and second connection structures is moveable with respect to the other in a predetermined direction of movement corresponding to an anticipated main impact direction. The guiding mechanism is configured to guide at least one of the first and second connection structures along the direction of movement and includes at least one transverse force-absorbing guide element configured to absorb a force in a direction transverse to the direction of movement.