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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
May. 12, 2015
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Bernard Lohmann, Gifhorn, DE;
Werner Krauth, Wolfsburg, DE;
Thorben Bösche, Wolfsburg, DE;
Gwendolin Schifferli, Bahrdorf-Saalsdorf, DE;
Martin Steinrücken, Gifhorn, DE;
Stefan Thiele, Braunschweig, DE;
Jürgen Hillmann, Gifhorn, DE;
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a body structure, in particular a floor structure, for a motor vehicle, comprising support components that form defined load paths for crash situations. According to the invention, at least some of the support components located in the region of at least one defined load path, in particular a head-on collision load path and/or a side collision load path and/or a rear collision load path, are formed by high-strength support components, preferably by fully through-hardened or at least partially through-hardened high-strength support components which are made of a hot-formed or shape-hardened sheet steel and which are directly or indirectly, preferably directly, connected to each other, in particular connected to one another non-positively and/or positively and/or by bonding.