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US 8,801,089 B2Granted
Motor vehicle body
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorRoland Lessmeister
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Abstract
A motor vehicle body is provided. The motor vehicle body includes a sill extending under a door opening and a fender fastened to the sill. A sill bulkhead seals off an inner hollow space of the sill at a face end and a first fastening point on the sill bulkhead fastens the fender to the sill.
Claims12
A motor vehicle body comprising:
- a sill extending under a door opening, the sill having a first leg spaced from a second leg by a curved intermediate section, the first leg defining a first opening and the second leg defining a second opening;
- a fender fastened to the first leg of the sill;
- a sill bulkhead sealing off an inner hollow space of the sill at a face end, the sill bulkhead including a baseplate that is substantially vertical and orientated in vehicle transverse direction, and a rim that surrounds the baseplate, the rim having a curvature that corresponds with the curved intermediate section of the sill so that the sill follows the rim along the curvature of the rim, the baseplate including a first end adjacent to the first leg of the sill and a second end adjacent to the second leg of the sill, the first end including a protrusion that engages the fender and the first opening of the first leg of the sill to form a first fastening point and the second end including a hook that engages the second opening of the second leg of the sill to couple the sill bulkhead to the second leg of the sill;
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- a second fastening point on the sill bulkhead for fastening the fender to the sill.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.