Motor vehicle chassis
AssigneePeugeot Citroen Automobiles SA
InventorRichard Vincenti
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Abstract
A chassis for a motor vehicle comprises two lateral longitudinal members. The following elements extend between these members and are affixed to them: the front and rear floor parts; a cross member known as the heel board cross member having upper and lower longitudinal sides which are fixed to the front and rear floor parts, respectively; and a cross member, having a length approximately equal to that of the heel board cross member, which extends underneath the lower longitudinal side of the heel board cross member and is affixed to it. Each of the ends of the cross member is fixed to one of the lateral longitudinal members. The invention also relates to station wagon-type motor vehicle having such a chassis.
Claims18
Motor vehicle chassis comprising two lateral longitudinal members between which extend transversely, and to which are affixed, a front floor part, a rear floor part, a cross member called “heel board” cross member, whose upper and lower longitudinal sides are affixed to the front and rear floor parts, respectively, and means for stiffening the heel board cross member, wherein the stiffening means comprise a cross member, having a length approximately equal to that of the heel board cross member, said stiffening cross member is located substantially underneath the lower longitudinal side thereof and is removably affixed thereto, and each of whose ends is affixed to one of the lateral longitudinal members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.