Vehicle body construction

Details Vehicle body construction Vehicle body construction

1998-04-10

1999-11-23

Pape, Joseph D.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Body shell

29620301, 296 30, 296188, B60J 700

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active

059887338

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle body construction of a door opening flange portion and a front pillar including a reinforcement, an inner panel, and an outer panel. One flange of the reinforcement is positioned between flanges of the inner and outer panels wherein the three flanges form a joint. Another flange of each of the inner and outer panels form a second joint. The inner and outer panel define a closed cross section shape portion and another flange of the reinforcement is joined to the inner or outer panel within the closed cross section shape portion.

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