Body structure for a vehicle particularly a passenger car

US7140667B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Dieter Steinhauser · Winnenden, DE
• Thomas Meier · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 2003
• Grant date: Nov 28, 2006
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/132
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

For optimizing a body structure for a passenger car in the area of the vehicle occupant compartment and of the rollover bar device arranged behind the occupant seats, specifically with respect to a high stability under load, low weight and economical manufacturing, a wall structure of the vehicle occupant compartment extending adjacent to the vehicle occupant seats and the rollover bar device consisting of a high-strength non-metallic material, such as a fiber-reinforced plastic material, e.g., CKF, and being constructionally inseparably combined.