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US 2014/0232095 A1Published application
Motor vehicle support structure
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsTassilo Gilbert, Philipp Kellner, Michael Junginger, Frank Kunert, Sebastian Steinruecken
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Abstract
A motor vehicle structure has an A pillar (5), a sill, a front wheel (8) and a slide-off surface (50) for the front wheel (8). The A pillar (8), as viewed in cross section, exhibits a higher strength in an inner region (49) than in an outer region (48) in order to realize the slide-off surface (50).
Claims12
A motor vehicle structure comprising:
- an A pillar, a sill, a front wheel and a slide-off surface for the front wheel, the slide-off surface being defined by forming in an inner region the A pillar to exhibit higher strength than in an outer region of the A pillar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.