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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2012
Kai Schmitz, Wermelskirchen, DE;
Axel Grüneklee, Duisburg, DE;
Burkhard Schulze-bergkamen, Dortmund, DE;
Michael Brenneis, Wadern-Dagstuhl, DE;
Kai Schmitz, Wermelskirchen, DE;
Axel Grüneklee, Duisburg, DE;
Burkhard Schulze-Bergkamen, Dortmund, DE;
Michael Brenneis, Wadern-Dagstuhl, DE;
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, Duisburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a bodywork of a motor vehicle comprising side members and a rear axle construction which is connected to the bodywork, the rear axle construction having means for attaching the rear axle construction to the bodywork and having a suspension, and the rear axle construction being configured as a torsion-beam axle or as a multi-link axle. The object to provide a generic bodywork of a motor vehicle with a rear axle construction which allows, in a financially favorable manner, a modular rear axle concept, i.e. the selective use of a torsion-beam axle or of a multi-link axle is achieved in that the bodywork has means for receiving the attachment means of a torsion-beam axle and of a multi-link axle and has means for receiving the attachment means and the suspension of a torsion-beam axle and of a multi-link axle.