Patent · US Expired

Front pillar arrangement for a motor vehicle body frame

US6267437A · kind A · utility

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3References

10Claims

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Klaus-Dieter Morsch · Braunschweig, DE
Klaus Friedewald · Braunschweig, DE
Peter Pfeiffer · Eppelheim, DE
Arnold Ensslen · Wolfsburg, DE
Andreas Weiss · Nashua, US
Uwe Hoffmann · Leverkusen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 18, 1999
Grant date	Jul 31, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 18, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE05Y2900/531
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A front pillar arrangement for a motor vehicle body frame includes a front pillar with an outer part and an inner part and a door hinge attached to the outer part of the front pillar with one or more fastening elements along with at least one reinforcing element for mounting the door hinge on the outer part of the front pillar. A rigid connecting element extends between the outer part and the inner part of the front pillar and is attached to the reinforcing element by at least one fastening elements for the door hinge.

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