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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eberhard Benz, Gärtringen, DE;
Andreas Schnitzer, Bodelshausen, DE;
Assignee:
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 2/500 ;
Abstract
A bodyshell of a motor vehicle has a front-end structure which has a lower and an upper longitudinal-member plane and in the region of a passenger cell is provided with lateral longitudinal sills. A respective composite strut arrangement is provided on both sides of the vehicle, each said arrangement extending obliquely downwards and also rearwards between the associated upper longitudinal member and the associated lateral longitudinal sill.