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US 2015/0028606 A1Published application
Motor vehicle structure with crash box
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsUwe Eckert, Ronald Scheer
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Abstract
A motor vehicle structure is disclosed which includes a cross member, at least one side member connected to the cross member via a crash box. At least one strut supports a lateral region of the cross member, and the strut is connected to a molded part which is connected to the crash box and/or the side member.
Claims19
1-13. (canceled)
A motor vehicle structure comprising:
- a cross member;
- at least one side member connected to said cross member with a crash box;
- at least one strut supporting a lateral region of the cross member, and
- a molded part connected to the strict, and connected to at least one of the crash box and the side member.
1 more element
A method for fabricating a motor vehicle structure comprising:
- connecting at least one crash box to a cross member and a side member;
- connecting a molded part to at least one of the crash box and the side member;
- and
- connecting at least one strut to the cross member and the molded part for supporting a lateral region of the cross member.
1 more element
The method according to claim 24, further comprising releasably connecting the molded part to at least one of the strut, the crash box and the side member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.