Safety unit on motor vehicle to protect pedestrians has lever arm pivot-mounted on body side pivot mounting assembly and also connected to bonnet side hinge section, and with which interacts energy accumulator

摘要

The safety unit has a lever arm(5) pivot-mounted on a body side pivot mounting assembly(8), and also connected to the bonnet side hinge section(9) of a bonnet hinge arrangement(10). An energy accumulator(2) interacts with the lever arm in such a way that the latter pivots upwards so that the bonnet(13) together with the bonnet side hinge section is raised into a bonnet impact position, and with impact with a pedestrian is lowered by a specific amount by energy absorption through the deformation element.