Patent · US Expired

Motor vehicle

US6189952A · kind A · utility

13Cited by

9References

4Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Wilhelm Karmann GmbH · DE

Inventors

Joachim Schmidt · Schlangen, DE
Franz-Josef Brockhoff · Belm, DE
Holger Alsago · Horneburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 14, 1998
Grant date	Feb 20, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 14, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62D21/157
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A passenger car, such as a coupe or a convertible includes a car body having a B column and side walls which limit the occupants' space below a window breast and within the vertical extent of which in each case the B column is disposed. Essentially vertically aligned reinforcing profiles are assigned to the car body walls in the region of the B columns for absorbing forces acting laterally on the vehicle, which reinforcing profiles in each case are provided with at least one cantilever arm extending therefrom, and which is supported in each case at least at its end averted from the reinforcing profile at a part of the car body.

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