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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Johann Seefried, Eutingen, DE;
Roland Wendler, Boeblingen, DE;
Assignee:
Mercedes-Benz AG, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296187 ; 296203 ;
Abstract
Self-supporting body shell structure for a passenger motor vehicle as well as a process for manufacturing it, has side panels with different reinforcing plates or partitions for reinforcing the side panel area. Each side panel is assembled of an interior side panel half joined together in one piece and a correspondingly profiled exterior side panel half. The reinforcements are a one-piece common integral component which is integrated between the two side panel halves.