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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2010
Applicants:
Joachim Schaefer, Darmstadt, DE;
Uwe Schmitz, Nauheim, DE;
Bernd Dreyer, Taunusstein, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/34 (2011.01); B62D 25/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A body for a motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to a supporting structure, a hood, which is hinged to the supporting structure and includes, but is not limited to a framework and an outer skin, and at least one compressible support disposed between the framework of the hood and the supporting structure. A contact surface opposite the support on the hood side is connected to the outer skin by a stiffening element extending through a cavity of the framework.