Vehicle body

US9815496B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Hogger · Otterfing, DE
• Lukasz Goldyn · Munich, DE
• Ferdinand Dirschmid · Ottobrunn, DE
• Thomas Weiss · Tamm, DE
• Mihaly GONDA · Unterschleißheim, DE
• Anja Danne · Munich, DE
• Marco Reisboeck · Munich, DE
• Sabine Ullrich · Germering, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 31, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 14, 2017
• Expiry date: Feb 5, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D29/002
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle body, preferably for a motor vehicle with four wheels, includes two side members extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, at least one support, which extends in the vehicle transverse direction between the two side members, and at least one molded foam part that reinforces the vehicle body. The foam part is arranged in a lateral structure of the vehicle body at the height level of the support.