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Vehicle body and use thereof

US9457843B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

25References

19Claims

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Assignee

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG · DE

Inventors

Markus Zörnack · Dortmund, DE
Lothar Patberg · Aachen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 19, 2013
Grant date	Oct 4, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 19, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62D25/082
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a vehicle body, in particular for electric motor vehicles, having a left-hand and a right-hand front region and at least one first longitudinal member extending in one of the front regions in the longitudinal direction, wherein in the front region at least one second longitudinal member is provided, which is arranged outside the horizontal plane of the first longitudinal member and the direction of extension of which extends angularly to the direction of extension of the first longitudinal member at least in horizontal projection. The invention also concerns the use of such a vehicle body for producing a motor vehicle without a combustion engine, in particular an electric motor vehicle.

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