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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1999
Klaus-Dieter Morsch, Braunschweig, DE;
Klaus Friedewald, Braunschweig, DE;
Peter Pfeiffer, Lehre-Wendhausen, DE;
Arnold Ensslen, Wolfsburg, DE;
Andreas Weiss, Wolfsburg, DE;
Uwe Hoffmann, Flechtorf, DE;
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
A front pillar arrangement for a motor vehicle body frame includes a front pillar with an outer part and an inner part and a door hinge attached to the outer part of the front pillar with one or more fastening elements along with at least one reinforcing element for mounting the door hinge on the outer part of the front pillar. A rigid connecting element extends between the outer part and the inner part of the front pillar and is attached to the reinforcing element by at least one fastening elements for the door hinge.