Impact protection system for vehicle passengers, includes seat holder with reinforcing structure and intentional deformation zone, to maintain seat-to-vehicle body clearance

摘要

The seat holder (3) includes a reinforcing structure (4) coupling the seats to the outer vehicle structure. The holder has a deformation zone (7) facing the interior. The reinforcing structure and the deformation zone are so designed, that initially the deformation zone distorts in correspondence with force introduced, whilst the reinforcing structure maintains a given minimal clearance between seat (1, 2) and outer structure of the vehicle.