Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Jan Bokeloh

Michael Stein

Michael Floer

Ralf Kiesmueller

Ralf KIESMÜLLER

A motor vehicle has a bodyshell which forms a passenger cell. The bodyshell has two lateral side frames with in each case one front, lateral bodyshell pillar or A pillar. On a front side of the bodyshell, a front-end structure is formed, wherein the front-end structure has, on both sides, in each case one spring strut dome, one horizontally running support member arranged between the spring strut dome and the respective A pillar, and one support member running diagonally between the spring strut dome and a lower end of the A pillar. The two support members and the A pillar are assembled in monocoque construction from member profiles, wherein the three members form in each case one triangular load-bearing structure. The respective outwardly facing member profile of the A pillar, the respective outwardly facing member profile of the horizontally running support member and the respective outwardly facing member profile of the diagonally running support member are each unipartite profiles. The three profiles are connected to one another to form a triangular load-bearing structure.

Front-end structure of a motor vehicle

An engine support device, which is provided for supporting an engine arranged in a front-end vehicle structure of a motor vehicle, includes a first half-shell with a first end section, a second end section opposite same and a first lateral cheek section, and a second half-shell with a third end section, a fourth end section opposite same, a middle section arranged between the third and the fourth end section and a second lateral cheek section. The first half-shell as an outer shell and the second half-shell as an inner shell can be provided in a state of the engine support device installed into a motor vehicle. The first lateral cheek section has substantially straight edges in a continuous manner from the first end section thereof to the second end section thereof. The second lateral cheek section has substantially straight edges in a continuous manner from the third end section thereof to the middle section thereof and has a first offset in the direction of the first lateral cheek section between the middle section and the fourth end section and converges on the first lateral cheek section in a first longitudinal section containing the offset by a difference in distance which corresponds to the first offset. The second lateral cheek section is arranged on the first lateral cheek section at least in the fourth and the second end sections, respectively.

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Munich, Germany

Jan Bokeloh