Vehicle Body
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsThomas HOGGER, Lukasz GOLDYN, Ferdinand DIRSCHMID, Thomas WEISS, Mihaly GONDA, Anja DANNE, Marco REISBOECK, Sabine ULLRICH
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Abstract
A vehicle body, preferably for a motor vehicle with four wheels, includes two side members extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, at least one support, which extends in the vehicle transverse direction between the two side members, and at least one molded foam part that reinforces the vehicle body. The foam part is arranged in a lateral structure of the vehicle body at the height level of the support.
Claims19
A vehicle body for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- two side members extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
- at least one support extending in a transverse direction of the vehicle between the two sides members;
- and
- at least one molded foam component that reinforces the vehicle body, the molded foam component being arranged in a lateral structure of the vehicle body at a level of the support, wherein
- a hardened foam completely fills a part of the side member and a part of the support.
A vehicle body for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- two side members extending in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle;
- at least one support extending in a transverse direction of the motor vehicle between the two side members;
- and
- at least one molded foam component that reinforces the vehicle body, the at least one molded foam component being arranged in a lateral structure of the vehicle body at a level of the support, wherein
- at least one of the two side members comprises several profiles,
- at the level of the support, the profiles are at least partially filled with hardened foam, and/or
- the support forms a profile and is at least partially filled with hardened foam.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle body, comprising:
- two side members extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
- at least one support extending in a transverse direction of the vehicle between the two sides members;
- and
- at least one molded foam component that reinforces the vehicle body, the molded foam component being arranged in a lateral structure of the vehicle body at a level of the support, wherein
- a hardened foam completely fills a part of the side member and a part of the support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.