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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2014
Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe Ag, Duisburg, DE;
Martin Kibben, Dinslaken, DE;
Lothar Patberg, Moers, DE;
Rolf Peter Röttger, Mülheim/Ruhr, DE;
Markus Zörnack, Lake Orion, MI (US);
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, Duisburg, DE;
Abstract
A vehicle body may include a crossmember and a longitudinal member. The vehicle body helps ensure improved load absorption in collision events with small overlap between the crossmember and another vehicle or object. The deformation capabilities of the vehicle body in collision events involving a full surface area of the crossmember are not substantially impaired. Form-fitting members that comprise connection partners may be provided for the longitudinal member, wherein the form-fitting members ensure that a load path of collision energy is introduced into the longitudinal member selectively in the event of a collision with small overlap. A form-fitting member may form a form-fitting connection in a direction of the longitudinal member in the event of a collision.