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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2012
Udo Mildner, Limburg, DE;
Stanislaw Klimek, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Karsten Bohle, Bad Schwalbach, DE;
Udo Mildner, Limburg, DE;
Stanislaw Klimek, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Karsten Bohle, Bad Schwalbach, DE;
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A floor structure of a motor vehicle body is provided. The floor structure has two frame rail arrangements essentially extending in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle body. The arrangements are joined together by a cross member essentially extending in the transverse direction of the motor vehicle body. A floor panel extends between the cross member and the two frame rail arrangements. A diagonal reinforcement is located above the floor panel and abuts against the cross member in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle body. A reinforcing element essentially extends in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle body between the two frame rail arrangements. The diagonal reinforcement abuts against the reinforcing element in the transverse direction of the motor vehicle body.