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US 9,315,214 B2Granted
Support structure for a motor vehicle
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsChristian Neufeldt, Arjan Strating, Klaus-Dieter Carle, Astrid Hanczewski
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Abstract
A support structure for a motor vehicle includes at least two A pillars, a front wall and a front wall cross beam which is designed as a hollow profile and whose ends are connected to the respectively assigned A pillar. The connection of the front wall cross beam end is established by a torsionally rigid rooting in the A pillar.
Claims8
A support structure for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- an A-pillar constructed as a hollow profile,
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- a front wall cross beam constructed as a hollow profile and configured for connection to a front wall of a vehicle body, said cross beam comprising an outer shell facing away from the front wall and having an end portion sized to extend into the hollow profile of the A pillar, and an inner shell facing the front wall and having an end portion connected to an outside of an inner side wall of the A-pillar, and
- a reinforcing element sized to connect coextensively with the end portion of the outer shell and having one end connected to an outer side wall of the A pillar and another end connected to the inner side wall of the A pillar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.