Patent ID: 9586624
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B62D

Claim:
1. A strut for reinforcing a vehicle body of a vehicle, comprising: a first fastening section of the strut and a second fastening section of the strut, the first and second fastening sections being configured to fasten the strut onto the vehicle body; and one or more additional fastening sections of the strut configured to additionally fasten the strut to points in the vehicle, the one or more additional fastening sections being located between the first and second fastening sections, wherein the strut has a profile including three vertices between the first fastening section and the second fastening section, at each one of which an additional one of the one or more additional fastening sections is located, one of the three vertices forms a middle vertex through which an axis of symmetry of the strut passes, first leg sections extend from the middle vertex in a direction of the remaining vertices, and second leg sections extend from the remaining vertices to the first and second fastening sections, and the first leg sections are dimensioned such that the additional fastening section provided at the middle vertex is fastenable onto a front end module of the vehicle, and the additional fastening sections located at the remaining vertices are fastenable in a region of suspension strut mounts of the vehicle, and the second leg sections are dimensioned such that the first fastening section and the second fastening section are each fastenable onto a lateral support bracket of the vehicle body.