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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2015
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Hans-Jürgen Langhoff, Lenting, DE;
Stefan Rugies, Ingolstadt, DE;
Tobias Urban, Besigheim-Ottmarsheim, DE;
Dennis Decker, Benningen, DE;
Sebastian Enderle, Heilbronn, DE;
Pascal Schlichter, Ingolstadt, DE;
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A motor vehicle includes a body, which body has at least two rear longitudinal members each forming a primary load path for collision forces, wherein the motor vehicle has a rear-end module that can be pre-assembled as a sub-assembly, which rear-end module can be connected to the body as part of the vehicle assembly after the completion of the body-in-white and has at least a supporting structure for fastening chassis components of a rear wheel suspension and a beam structure extending from the supporting structure toward the motor-vehicle rear for absorbing collision forces, wherein the supporting structure and the beam structure form at least one second load path for collision forces.