Patent ID: 8029043
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A body structure for a motor vehicle, the body structure comprising: a profiled B pillar; a side door to be fastened to a further body pillar, said side door being connected to said profiled B pillar and having a rear web plate; an inner side part; an outer side part, said outer side part having a turned up limb in a direction of said B pillar, a short distance opposite said rear web plate of said side door in a closed position, said inner side part and said outer side part together defining a channel therebetween, said outer and inner side parts having further turned-up-limbs; a hollow member structure extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction and disposed in said channel between said inner and outer side parts, said hollow member structure formed from channel reinforcements being connected to one another, said channel reinforcements having a front end supported on said turned-up limb of said outer side part, said channel reinforcements having at least one rear end connected to said inner side part, said channel reinforcements composed of an inner channel reinforcement and an outer channel reinforcement connected to one another, enclosing a cavity, so as to form a structural unit forming said hollow member structure; and said channel reinforcements composed of profiled shaped sheet-metal parts, said inner channel reinforcement having an upper turned-up edge connected to said further turned-up limbs of said outer and inner side parts, said upper turned-up edge forming a lower window edge of a rear side window.