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US 2006/0138764 A1Published application
Front-end vehicle structure
OwnerGeorg Hagemann, Oliver Schmidinventors
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Abstract
A front-end vehicle structure for a motor vehicle, in particular for a commercial vehicle, includes two longitudinal members and two crash box elements. It is essential to the invention that two connecting members are provided which each connect one of the longitudinal members to the associated crash box, element. Each of the connecting members is assembled from an inner shell, an upper shell, and a lower shell. In each case, the upper shell and the lower shell reinforce the inner shell.
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A front-end vehicle structure for a motor vehicle, in particular for a commercial vehicle, comprising:
- two longitudinal members,
- two crash box elements, and
- two connecting members, each of said connecting members connecting one of the longitudinal members to an associated one of the crash box elements,
- wherein each of the connecting members is assembled from an inner part and, in order to reinforce the inner part, an upper part and a lower part,
- wherein the inner part is an inner shell which is essentially positioned in an upright manner and has, at an upper end, bent-over, upper edge sections and, at a lower end, further bent-over, lower edge sections,
- wherein the upper part is an upper sheet-metal strip which runs parallel to the upper edge sections, bears extensively against the upper edge sections, and is connected thereto, and
- wherein the lower part is a lower sheet-metal strip which runs parallel to the lower edge sections, bears extensively against the lower edge sections, and is connected thereto.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.