Motor Vehicle Having a Chassis Frame and a Vehicle Body
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHorst-Arno FUCHS, Josef FORSTER
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Abstract
A motor vehicle has a support structure formed of a chassis frame and a vehicle body. The chassis frame and vehicle body are bolted together by four bolt locations in the area of upper supports of the spring struts of the front and rear axle. The chassis frame and vehicle body are also glued to each other along segments of the support structure thereof extending parallel to each other, wherein adhesive surfaces are located in the area between the front and rear bolt locations. The adhesive in the middle area of the motor vehicle ensures a large surface area for force application from the chassis frame into the vehicle body and vice versa, which is supplemented by the bolt locations outside of the adhesive joint.
Claims15
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis frame;
- a vehicle body;
- wherein the chassis frame is operatively configured to accommodate a front axle and a rear axle as well as at least one drive unit;
- bolting locations for mutually connecting the chassis frame and the vehicle body are located in an area of the front axle and the rear axle;
- and
- gluing locations for mutually connecting the chassis frame and the vehicle body are limited to an area or a partial area between the front and rear bolting locations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.