Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Structural detail
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-21
2011-06-21
Gutman, H (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Structural detail
Reexamination Certificate
active
07963591
ABSTRACT:
A connection between an upper center pillar reinforcement and a roof cross-member allows providing a body with a high degree of mechanical resistance, in particular with respect to lateral impacts to a vehicle. The connection makes use primarily of a window post liner situated behind the upper center pillar reinforcement. The liner includes a tab intended to overlap the reinforcement in a connecting area and where it is covered by the end of the roof cross-member. A first series of weld points between the roof cross-member and the window post liner provides the connection between these two parts, while a second series of weld points provides the connection between the upper center pillar reinforcement and the window post liner, which is made of a different material from that forming the two other parts, to produce high-efficiency weld points.
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Duguet Eric
Janot Julien
Gutman H
Oblon, Spivak McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Renault S.A.S.
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