Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Structural detail
Reexamination Certificate
2008-09-30
2011-10-18
Lyjak, Lori (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Structural detail
C296S204000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08038203
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to an automobile floor (1) that comprises two rails (2) symmetrically arranged relative to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, each rail (2) including two metal sheets (3) having a U section and superimposed in order to define a hollow body, one of the metal sheets (3) having a U section extending under the floor (1) while the other metal sheet extends above the floor (1), the ends of the side flanges of each of the metal sheets (3) having a U section being welded to the metal sheet of the floor (1), and each rail (2) including a bent area (2a), characterised in that the upper base (3a) of the U section of the metal sheet (3) extending above the floor (1) includes, in the bent area (2a) and solely in said bent area (2a), at least one reinforcement rib (5) obtained by folding said metal sheet (3).
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Delord Christian
Hlubina Thierry
Vivero Francois
Lyjak Lori
Oblon, Spivak McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Renault S.A.S.
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