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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Klaus Braitmaier, Herrenberg, DE;
Roland Joerg, Rottenburg, DE;
Assignee:
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 1/008 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 1/008 ;
Abstract
In a body pillar for a motor vehicle, which is put together from a plurality of profiled shells to form a hollow pillar which includes a wall pillar section and a roof pillar section angled with respect thereto, a reinforcing tube being fastened within the hollow pillar, the tube extending in the longitudinal direction of the roof pillar section into the wall pillar section. The reinforcing tube is supported in the transition region between the roof pillar and wall pillar section by an end of a strut which extends in the vertical direction of the wall pillar section and encloses a supporting angle with the reinforcing tube.