Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Structural detail
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-09
2009-10-13
Lyjak, Lori L (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Structural detail
C296S193070, C296S204000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07600807
ABSTRACT:
A transverse bridge for reinforcing a tunnel region of a floor structure of a motor vehicle is fastened to the floor structure and extends between transverse seat struts. The transverse bridge contains two obliquely extending lateral supporting arms and an upper bridge element connecting the two supporting arms. The transverse bridge contains, in the region of the upper bridge element, on its two longitudinal sides, vertically oriented walls which extend at a small lateral distance from parallel wall portions of the tunnel side walls. During a side impact, the vertical wall portions of the tunnel side walls initially coming into direct contact with the vertically oriented walls of the bridge element, and due to this blocking, the greatest portion of the forces occurring from the side impact are transmitted beyond the tunnel region as pure compressive forces onto the side of the floor structure opposing the impact side.
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
Lyjak Lori L
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