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US 8,297,687 B2Granted
Vehicle body for a motor vehicle
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorUdo Mildner
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Abstract
In a vehicle body for a motor vehicle, a crossbeam is situated between two longitudinal girders of a front frame. The crossbeam is formed from the vehicle front wall, the cover plate and the bulkhead plate. The bulkhead plate is led up to a plate of a wheel arch laterally outside the longitudinal girders. The vehicle body thus has a particularly high stability at a low weight.
Claims19
A vehicle body for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a front wall that delimits a passenger compartment in a travel direction;
- a cover plate comprising an array of beads oriented in the travel direction;
- a water chamber fastened to and delimited by the front wall, the water chamber connected to at least two longitudinal girders of a front frame that point in the travel direction and extend from a floor area of the passenger compartment below the front wall;
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- a bulkhead plate of the water chamber fastened to the front wall, the bulkhead plate coupling the at least two longitudinal girders and implemented with the cover plate as a crossbeam.
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A vehicle body for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a cover plate comprising an array of beads situated in the travel direction;
- a front wall that delimits a passenger compartment in a travel direction;
- a water chamber fastened to and delimited by the front wall, the water chamber connected to at least two longitudinal girders of a front frame that point in the travel direction extending from a floor area of the passenger compartment through the front wall and;
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- a bulkhead plate of the water chamber comprising two bulkhead plate parts fastened to the front wall and the cover plate which is configured as a cross beam, the bulkhead plate coupling the at least two longitudinal girders.
2 more elements
A vehicle body for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a cover plate;
- a front wall that delimits a passenger compartment in a travel direction;
- a water chamber that is fastened to and delimited by the front wall, the water chamber connected to at least two longitudinal girders of a front frame that point in the travel direction and extend from a floor area of the passenger compartment through and below the front wall;
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- a bulkhead plate of the water chamber comprising at least two steering passages and fastened to the front wall, the bulkhead plate coupling the at least two longitudinal girders and implemented with the cover plate as a crossbeam, wherein one of the at least two steering passages is closed by a plastic plug.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.