Vehicle Body and Method for Producing the Vehicle Body
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorMichael STEIN
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Abstract
A vehicle body of shell construction has a rear frame extending in the transverse direction of the vehicle. The rear frame has a support rear panel configured as an inner shell and a rear panel configured as an outer shell. The support rear panel is composed of a center part and at least two side parts. The center part is configured as a lock counterpart for a lock of a rear flap. In the region of the lock counterpart, the rear frame is solely comprised of the center part as the inner shell and the support rear panel as the outer shell, without sheet metal doubling or reinforcement structures.
Claims17
A vehicle body of a shell-type construction, the vehicle body comprising:
- a rear frame extending in a vehicle transverse direction, the rear frame having a supporting rear panel in a form of an inner shell, and a rear panel in a form of an outer shell, wherein
- the supporting rear panel comprises a central part and at least two side parts,
- the central part is configured as a lock counterpart of a lock of a tailgate, and
- the rear frame, in a region of the lock counterpart, comprises only the central part as the inner shell and the rear panel as the outer shell without any doubling-up of metal sheets and without any reinforcement structures.
A method for producing a vehicle body, the method comprising the acts of:
- providing a supporting rear panel that forms an inner shell of a rear frame, the supporting rear panel being assembled from a central part and at least two side parts, wherein a total length of the supporting rear panel is defined in a vehicle transverse direction;
- connecting the at least two side parts to the central part and connecting the at least two side parts to a further constituent part of the vehicle body;
- and
- before the act of connecting at least one of the two side parts to the central part, adjusting the total length of the supporting rear panel such that the two side parts are connectable in a defined manner to the further constituent part of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.