Front pillar arrangement for a motor vehicle body frame
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsKlaus-Dieter Morsch, Klaus Friedewald, Peter Pfeiffer, Arnold Ensslen, Andreas Weiss, Uwe Hoffmann
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Abstract
A front pillar arrangement for a motor vehicle body frame includes a front pillar with an outer part and an inner part and a door hinge attached to the outer part of the front pillar with one or more fastening elements along with at least one reinforcing element for mounting the door hinge on the outer part of the front pillar. A rigid connecting element extends between the outer part and the inner part of the front pillar and is attached to the reinforcing element by at least one fastening elements for the door hinge.
Claims10
A front pillar arrangement for a motor vehicle body frame comprising;
- a front pillar having an outer part and an inner part with respect to a transverse direction of the vehicle;
- a door hinge attached to the outer part of the front pillar by at least one fastening element and at least one reinforcing element;
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- a rigid connecting element between the, reinforcing element and the inner part of the front pillar which is attached to the reinforcing element wherein the reinforcing element comprises a hinge plate on the inner side of the outer part of the front pillar and the at least one fastening element comprises a screw extending through the door hinge and the outer part of the front pillar and threaded into the hinge plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.