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US 8,757,703 B2Granted
Car body with a shear element on one side
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsJens Matuschek, Roland Schirmer, Andreas Woisnitza, Juergen Vollhardt
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Abstract
A car body, for example, a front or rear frame is provided. The car body includes at least one crossmember and at least one pair of left and right braces that are arranged at least substantially symmetric to the crossmember. The car body also includes a shear element that is designed for absorbing shear forces during a collision and that is mounted on a brace of the pair, wherein no shear element is provided symmetrically thereto on the other brace of this pair.
Claims17
A car body, comprising:
- a first crossmember;
- a second crossmember, interior to the first crossmember;
- at least one pair of first and second braces extending between the first crossmember and the second crossmember, the at least one pair of first and second braces being arranged at least substantially symmetric to the second crossmember;
- and
- a shear element that absorbs shear forces during a collision, the shear element extending between the second crossmember and at least one of the first crossmember or the first brace,
- wherein the shear element is arranged asymmetrically with respect to a longitudinal axis of the car body.
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A motor vehicle comprising:
- a rear frame having a first crossmember, a second crossmember interior to the first crossmember, and at least one pair of first and second braces extending between the first crossmember and the second crossmember, the at least one pair of first and second braces being arranged at least substantially symmetric to the second crossmember, the rear frame including a shear element that absorbs shear forces during a collision that extends between the second crossmember and the first brace and extends in at least one of the longitudinal, vertical and lateral direction of the motor vehicle,
- wherein the shear element is a single shear element of the car body such that the shear element is arranged asymmetrically with respect to the first and second braces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.