Bodywork frame for a motor vehicle
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsMario Glashagel, Bernhard Holzapfel, Elmar Freitag, Bernd Harloff
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Abstract
A bodywork frame for a motor vehicle, in particular a passenger car, has two lateral load bearing columns. The columns are supported on each other at a roof side via a pressure-stable cross member and at a floor side on a longitudinal tunnel and via pressure-stable seat cross members.
Claims25
A bodywork frame for a motor vehicle, in particular a passenger car, comprising two lateral load bearing columns, which are supported on each other, at a roof side, via a pressure-stable roof cross member and, at a floor side, on a longitudinal tunnel, in each case via a pressure-stable seat cross member.
A process of providing a bodywork frame for a motor vehicle, in particular a passenger car, ensuring increased side impact protection comprising:
- providing two lateral load bearing columns, and
- supporting the two lateral load bearing columns on each other, at a roof side, via a pressure-stable roof cross member and, at a floor side, on a longitudinal tunnel, in each case via a pressure-stable seat cross member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.