Patent 7424353 was granted and assigned to Daimler AG on September, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A safety device for a motor vehicle has at least one closable opening of the interior, and a closing element driven by a servo drive for closing the opening. A control unit evaluates the data relevant to safety when the vehicle is in motion and activates the servo drive at such a time that the closing element is moved into a predetermined position, in which the closable opening has an open gap prior to the occurrence of an expected accident.