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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Josip Vlahovic, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Assignee:
Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG, Weissach, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G / ; B60P / ; B62D / ; B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280788 ; 280124155 ;
Abstract
A MacPherson strut tower made in one piece for a motor vehicle, especially an automobile, is permanently connected with at least one adjoining side member of the body structure. The MacPherson strut tower, formed by a hollow body produced by the internal high-pressure shaping method, results in a significant increase in torsional stiffness of the body structure since the two side members and the MacPherson strut tower are assembled to form a three-dimensional supporting structure with continuous closed hollow member sections.