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US 9,849,918 B2Granted
Motor vehicle body
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsJens Hartmann, Joerg Oehlmann
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Abstract
A motor vehicle body includes a floor structure having at least one side member, and a superstructure arranged thereon and having a hinge pillar adjoining the floor structure. A reinforcing element is provided in a transition region of floor structure and hinge pillar. A first end portion of the reinforcing element is structurally connected to the floor structure and a second end portion of the reinforcing element located opposite the first end is structurally connected to the superstructure.
Claims17
A motor vehicle body comprising:
- a floor structure having at least one side member that extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and having a torque box;
- a floor panel supported on the side member;
- a superstructure arranged on the floor structure, wherein the superstructure includes a sill that extends in the vehicle longitudinal direction and at least one hinge pillar that has a lower end portion adjoining the sill, wherein the torque box is connected to both the sill and the side member;
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- a reinforcing element provided in a transition region of the floor structure and the superstructure, the reinforcing element having a first end portion structurally connected directly to the floor structure at the torque box and a second end portion opposite the first end portion structurally connected directly to the superstructure at the lower end portion, wherein the reinforcing element ends, in a vehicle transverse direction of the vehicle body, at each of the first end portion and the second end portion.
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A motor vehicle body comprising:
- a floor structure having a side member that extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction of the vehicle body;
- a superstructure arranged on the floor structure and having a sill that extends in the vehicle longitudinal direction, the sill disposed, in a vehicle transverse direction of the vehicle body, at a location offset outward from the side member, the superstructure having a hinge pillar that has a lower end portion adjoining the sill at an overlap region;
- a torque box that extends between, and is connected to, both the sill and the side member;
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- a reinforcing element that extends in the vehicle transverse direction from a first end portion to a second end portion opposite the first end portion, wherein the first end portion is structurally connected directly to the torque box, and the second end portion is structurally connected directly to the overlap region, wherein the first end portion of the reinforcing element is spaced away from the side member so that the reinforcing element is not connected directly to the side member.
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A motor vehicle body comprising:
- a floor structure having a side member that extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction of the vehicle body;
- a superstructure arranged on the floor structure and having a sill that extends in the vehicle longitudinal direction, the sill disposed, in a vehicle transverse direction of the vehicle body, at a location offset outward from the side member, the superstructure having a hinge pillar that has a lower end portion adjoining the sill;
- a torque box that extends between, and is connected to, both the sill and the side member;
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- a reinforcing element that extends in the vehicle transverse direction from a first end portion to a second end portion opposite the first end portion, wherein the first end portion is structurally connected directly to the torque box, and the second end portion is structurally connected directly to the lower end portion, wherein the first end portion of the reinforcing element is spaced away from the side member so that the reinforcing element is not connected directly to the side member, wherein the lower end portion includes a side wall facing outward, in the vehicle transverse direction, from the vehicle body, wherein the reinforcing element includes a fastening flange at the second end portion that is fixed to the side wall, and the reinforcing element includes a curvature portion adjacent the fastening flange that curves around the lower end portion of the hinge pillar to the side wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.