Side rail walls for bending loading in the event of a lateral impact
AssigneePsa Automobiles SA
InventorsStéphane FONFREDE, Tou THOR
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Abstract
The invention relates to a motor vehicle underbody structure (1) which comprises a floor (3) delimited on each side by an underbody profiled section (5), there being at least one transverse partition (13) inside at least one of the two profiled sections (7). This partition (13) or at least one of the transverse partitions (13) also has an inner edge (13.1) and an outer edge (13.2), the outer edge (13.2) having a minimum height greater than a minimum height of the inner edge (13.1), so as to generate a bending torque at the floor (3) about a longitudinal direction in the event of a side impact.
Claims10
A motor vehicle underbody structure, comprising:
- a floor;
- two underbody profiled sections, there being one of said two underbody profiled sections on each side of the floor;
- at least one transverse partition in at least one of the two underbody profiled sections;
- wherein
- the least one of the transverse partition has an inner edge and an outer edge, the outer edge having a minimum height greater than a minimum height of the inner edge, so as to generate a bending torque at the floor about a longitudinal direction in the event of a side impact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.