1-13. (canceled)
14. A motor vehicle body comprising:
a structural element;
a B-pillar fastened to the structural element; and
a dissipation device having at least one torsion segment operably coupled to a lower end of the B-pillar, wherein displacement of the lower end of the B-pillar from a side impact event causes plastic torsion of the at least one torsion segment for dissipating energy.
15. The motor vehicle body according to claim 14, wherein the B-pillar comprises a fiber composite.
16. The motor vehicle body according to claim 14 wherein the dissipation device further comprises a lever joined with the lower end of the B-pillar and the structural element.
17. The motor vehicle body according to claim 16, wherein a flexural rigidity of the lever is no more than 75% of a flexural rigidity of the B-pillar.
18. The motor vehicle body according to claim 17, wherein the flexural rigidity of the lever is about 50% of the flexural rigidity of the B-pillar.
19. The motor vehicle body according to claim 16, wherein the lever comprises at least two legs and a yoke joining the legs, wherein the lower end of the B-pillar is joined with the yoke, and the structural element is joined with the legs.
20. The motor vehicle body according to claim 19, wherein at least one leg is bent in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
21. The motor vehicle body according to claim 16, wherein the at least one torsion segment of the dissipation device is situated at a transition between the lever and structural element.
22. The motor vehicle body according to claim 14, wherein the at least one torsion segment of the dissipation device is spaced apart from the B-pillar in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by at least 25% of the length of the structural element.
23. The motor vehicle according to claim 14, wherein the at least one torsion segment of the dissipation device comprising a section having a locally reduced torsion rigidity.
24. The motor vehicle according to claim 14, wherein the structural element comprises a rocker panel.
25. The motor vehicle according to claim 14, wherein the B-pillar is configured to rotate around a roof structural element during the side impact event.
26. A motor vehicle in the form of a passenger car comprising the motor vehicle body according to claim 14.
27. A method for dissipating energy from a side impact of a motor vehicle according to claim 26 and further comprising rotating the lower end of the B-pillar thereby causing plastic torsion of the dissipation device.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A toilet skirting device for inhibiting seepage of liquid from a bottom end of a toilet, said device comprising:
a plate being secured to a floor of a bathroom and having an opening extending therethrough being aligned with a waste pipe extending through the floor said plate receiving the toilet to inhibit seepage from the bottom end of the toilet from contacting the floor, said plate including;
a planar portion being positioned under the bottom end of the toilet, said planar portion extending outwardly from the toilet and being parallel to the floor;
a base portion upwardly extending from said planar portion, said base portion being annularly positioned around the waste pipe, said base portion extending into the bottom end of the toilet when the toilet is placed on said plate, a wax seal being positioned between said base portion and the bottom of the toilet, said base portion having a plurality of fastener apertures extending therethrough, said fastener apertures permitting bolts to extend through said base portion and through the toilet to secure the toilet to said base portion;
a plurality of raised portions, each of said raised portions being coupled to an upper surface of said base portion, one of said raised portions extending around each one of said fastener apertures and engaging the toilet to inhibit bending of said base portion when the toilet is secured to said base portion; and
a wax seal being positioned between said bottom end of the toilet and said plate, said wax seal forming a seal between the bottom end of the toilet and said plate to inhibit seepage of the liquid between the toilet and said plate.
2. The device according to claim 1, wherein said plate includes an adhesive being coupled to a bottom surface of said planar portion, said adhesive adhering said plate to the floor to inhibit sliding of said plate along the floor.
3. The device according to claim 1, wherein said plate includes a funnel portion being coupled to said raised portion and downwardly extending from an upper surface of said base portion, said funnel portion being inserted into an upper end of the waste pipe, said funnel portion being in fluid communication with the toilet to guide liquid flushed from the toilet into the waste pipe.
4. The device according to claim 1, wherein said plate includes a lip upwardly extending from a top surface of said planar portion, said lip being positioned around said base portion to position the bottom end of the toilet between said base portion and said lip, said lip containing liquid seeping from the bottom end to inhibit the liquid from spreading further on said planar portion.
5. A toilet skirting device for inhibiting seepage of liquid from a bottom end of a toilet, said device comprising:
a plate being secured to a floor of a bathroom and having an opening extending therethrough being aligned with a waste pipe extending through the floor, said plate receiving the toilet to inhibit seepage from the bottom end of the toilet from contacting the floor, said plate comprising:
a planar portion being positioned under the bottom end of the toilet, said planar portion extending outwardly from the toilet and parallel to the floor;
an adhesive being coupled to a bottom surface of said planar portion, said adhesive adhering said plate to the floor to inhibit sliding of said plate along the floor;
a base portion upwardly extending from said planar portion, said base portion being annularly positioned around the waste pipe, said base portion extending into the bottom end of the toilet when the toilet is placed on said plate, said base portion having a plurality of fastener apertures extending therethrough, said fastener apertures permitting bolts to extend through said base portion and through the toilet to secure the toilet to said base portion;
a plurality of raised portions, each of said raised portions being coupled to an upper surface of said base portion, one of said raised portions extending around each of said fastener apertures and engaging the toilet to inhibit bending of said base portion when the toilet is secured to said base portion;
a funnel portion being coupled to said raised portion and downwardly extending from said upper surface of said base portion, said funnel portion being inserted into an upper end of the waste pipe, said funnel portion being in fluid communication with the toilet to guide liquid flushed from the toilet into the waste pipe;
a lip upwardly extending from a top surface of said planar portion, said lip being positioned around said base portion to position the bottom end of the toilet between said base portion and said lip, said lip containing liquid seeping from the bottom end to inhibit the liquid from spreading further on said planar portion; and
a wax seal being positioned between said bottom end of the toilet and said plate, said wax seal forming a seal between the bottom end of the toilet and said plate to inhibit seepage of the liquid between the toilet and said plate, said wax seal being positioned between said base portion and the bottom of the toilet.