Title:
【発明の名称】自動車用モノコックボディ
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2001514123
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
An integral body and frame arrangement for an automobile has hollow supporting members which are made out of pressed sheet metal parts and are assembled by at least one joining technique to provide a torsion-proof construction. In one arrangement, at least two U frames are positioned one behind the other in a longitudinal direction of the automobile. The base parts of the U frames are in a floor region of the vehicle body and leg parts of the U frames extend from the floor region to an essentially vertical sidewall vehicle column and/or also extend up to the vehicle roof area. In addition, the U frames are joined directly to each other at least in the region of the free ends of the leg parts or are joined by a flat sidewall part which is mounted on at least one portion of the U frames.
Inventors:
Hillman Jürgen
Morsch Claus-Dieter
Morsch Claus-Dieter
Application Number:
JP2000508568A
Publication Date:
September 11, 2001
Filing Date:
July 10, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
International Classes:
B62D25/08; B62D23/00; (IPC1-7): B62D23/00; B62D25/08
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Mitsufumi Ezaki (3 others)