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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joachim Bortz, Kongen, DE;
Hubert Bruhl, Waldstetten, DE;
Martin Mayerhofer, Reutlingen, DE;
Harald Schwer, Ulm, DE;
Assignee:
Daimler Benz Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280124109 ; 280788 ;
Abstract
A subframe for motor vehicles, in particular for the front axles of passenger cars, which includes side parts running in the longitudinal vehicle direction that are joined by upper and lower cross elements running in the transverse vehicle direction to form a box profiled section, which is deformable in the longitudinal direction in response to longitudinal forces produced by a collision, and which is able to be used as an assembly unit.