Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Lorenz Kriegler

Mihaly Gonda

Andre Koch

Tatjana Schoierer

Martin Einwang

A reinforcing structure is provided for an underbody of a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle has an axle support, in particular a rear axle support, wherein the axle support has a first and a second holder, which are spaced apart from one another in the transverse direction of the vehicle. The reinforcing structure has a transverse connecting strut and a first and a second axle support linkage. The transverse connecting strut is connected to both the first and the second axle support linkage, and the first holder of the axle support can be connected to the first axle support linkage and the second holder of the axle support can be connected to the second axle support linkage.

Reinforcing structure for a rear axle support of a motor vehicle

A body for a passenger car has a body-in-white structure which is located behind a wheel well for a front wheel of the passenger car and which has a transverse member that extends on the outside of a longitudinal beam of the body-in-white structure in front of a front end wall of the body-in-white structure in the vehicle transverse direction. The transverse member has a catch element which is designed to catch a rim of the front wheel that has moved backwards in the vehicle longitudinal direction in the event of an accident and is turning in rearward towards the vehicle center. The body-in-white structure has an A-pillar located behind the catch element, a lateral sill located behind the catch element, and a support element which is located in the A-pillar and via which the catch element that has moved backwards in the event of an accident and, via the catch element, the rim that has moved backwards in the event of an accident, can be supported towards the rear on the lateral sill.

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