Volkswagen Ag

Bernard Lohmann

Werner Krauth

Gwendolin Schifferli

Thorben Bösche

Jürgen Hillmann

Stefan Thiele

Martin Steinrücken

Bernd Gawens

The invention relates to a body structure, in particular a floor structure, for a motor vehicle, comprising support components that form defined load paths for crash situations. According to the invention, at least some of the support components located in the region of at least one defined load path, in particular a head-on collision load path and/or a side collision load path and/or a rear collision load path, are formed by high-strength support components, preferably by fully through-hardened or at least partially through-hardened high-strength support components which are made of a hot-formed or shape-hardened sheet steel and which are directly or indirectly, preferably directly, connected to each other, in particular connected to one another non-positively and/or positively and/or by bonding.

Body structure, in particular floor structure, for a motor vehicle

The invention relates to a car body structure, especially a substructure, for a motor vehicle, with beam components that create defined load paths in collision situations. According to the invention, the beam components situated in the area of at least one defined load path&#x2014;especially a head-on collision load path and/or a side collision load path and/or a rear-end collision load path&#x2014;at least partially comprise high-strength beam components, preferably completely through-hardened or at least partially through-hardened high-strength beam components, made out of a hot-worked or press-hardened steel sheet, said beam components being joined to each other directly or indirectly, preferably directly, especially being joined to each other positively or non-positively and/or by bonding.

The invention relates to a vehicle body comprising at least one longitudinal member () and an elastomer bearing () arranged thereon for supporting a vehicle component. Said elastomer bearing () consists of a first stable bearing part () attached to the body and a second stable bearing part () connected to the component, and an elastomer body () is arranged between the bearing parts. According to the invention, the elastomer bearing () is arranged at least partially in a receiving cavity () on the longitudinal member (), and the first bearing part () attached to the body spans the receiving cavity () in the form of an impact bridge fixed to the edges of the cavity.

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Gifhorn, Germany

Bernard Lohmann