Body structure of a motor vehicle

US6695392B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Oliver Stoffels · Ludwigsburg, DE
• Thomas Meier · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 27, 2003
• Grant date: Feb 24, 2004
• Expiry date: Jan 27, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D25/08
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

This body structure is suitable for a motor vehicle, especially for a passenger car, which is provided with deformation elements of metal, which extend at a distance from the longitudinal median plane of the vehicle. When viewed in the height direction of the vehicle, these deformation elements have several deformation hollow supports, which are one above the other and extend, for example, between a front region and a dimensionally stable passenger compartment. To optimize the body structure, each deformation element has a first, lower deformation hollow support, a second, middle deformation hollow support and a third, upper deformation hollow support, the deformation hollow supports connecting relatively short cross-members and being connected through the agency of a mounting plate with a transverse wall of the passenger compartment in their end region facing the front region.