Body pillar for a motor vehicle
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsKlaus Braitmaier, Roland Joerg
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Abstract
In a body pillar for a motor vehicle, which is put together from a plurality of profiled shells to form a hollow pillar which includes a wall pillar section and a roof pillar section angled with respect thereto, a reinforcing tube being fastened within the hollow pillar, the tube extending in the longitudinal direction of the roof pillar section into the wall pillar section. The reinforcing tube is supported in the transition region between the roof pillar and wall pillar section by an end of a strut which extends in the vertical direction of the wall pillar section and encloses a supporting angle with the reinforcing tube.
Claims10
A body pillar for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of profiled shells configured to form a hollow pillar, including a wall pillar section and a roof pillar section, the roof pillar section angled with respect to the wall pillar section;
- a reinforcing tube fastened within the hollow pillar and extending in a longitudinal direction of the roof pillar section into the wall pillar section;
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- a strut extending in a vertical direction, one end of the strut arranged to support the reinforcing tube in a transition region between the roof pillar section and the wall pillar section, the strut arranged to enclose a supporting angle with the reinforcing tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.