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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2017
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Udo Mildner, Ruesselsheim, DE;
Lothar Teske, Ruesselsheim, DE;
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B62D 25/06 (2006.01); B62D 25/08 (2006.01); B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 27/023 (2013.01); B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/06 (2013.01); B62D 25/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motor vehicle body includes a rear wheel housing with a wheel well that accommodates a rear wheel and a wall section upwardly projecting form the wheel well. A C-pillar inner wall is fastened to the wall section along a first fastening zone and overlaps an opening formed in the wall section between the first fastening zone and wheel well. A weld joins the C-pillar inner wall and a C-pillar outer wall together at the level of the opening.