Motor vehicle with auxiliary frame
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMarius Sawatzki, Dominik Mueller, Stefan Schneider, Daniel Meckenstock
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Abstract
A motor vehicle (10) having a passenger compartment (12) and a front compartment (13) arranged in the direction of a longitudinal axis (X) in front of the passenger compartment (12) is provided. Here, the passenger compartment (12) is surrounded by a body (14) comprising a slope (16). In the front compartment (13), an auxiliary frame (17) is arranged. As claimed in the disclosure, a spacing (22) is formed between the auxiliary frame (17) and the slope (16) in the direction of the longitudinal axis (X) and a spacer piece (19) is arranged in this spacing.
Claims16
A motor vehicle comprising:
- a passenger compartment;
- a front compartment arranged in the direction of a longitudinal axis in front of the passenger compartment;
- a body surrounding the passenger compartment and including a slope;
- an auxiliary frame in the front compartment;
- wherein a spacing in the direction of the longitudinal axis is formed between the auxiliary frame and the slope and a spacer piece is arranged in the spacing;
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- a connecting part extending from the auxiliary frame to the slope at the spacing and connecting the auxiliary frame to the slope;
- wherein the connecting part is elongated along a vertical axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.