Patent ID: 7448674
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A device for absorbing lateral forces in a side impact of a motor vehicle having a transverse reinforcing modular unit arranged in a vehicle body in the transverse direction of the vehicle, said modular unit comprising: a transverse beam element, and a supporting element connected at each end of said transverse beam element, each supporting element being arranged in an area of a B pillar or a corresponding body area, wherein the supporting element includes a profile part protruding upward in a vertical plane from the transverse beam element, wherein said profile part comprises first horizontal fastening sections and second vertical fastening sections, wherein the profile part is attached via the first horizontal fastening sections on the beam element, wherein the profile part is attachable to an interior connecting part held on the vehicle chassis via the second vertical fastening sections, wherein the profile part is designed to be approximately box shaped and consists of two side walls connected via a connecting web, wherein the side walls are located opposite one another at a distance, wherein the first fastening sections which are arranged in a horizontal plane are each also arranged on the side walls and hold the beam element between them, wherein the profile part has, on its side walls in a vertical plane, the second fastening sections, and wherein the second fastening sections are designed by the side walls as bent legs and are attached to a connecting part of the vehicle body extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.