Patent ID: 8770653
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A symmetrical bodywork arrangement for a passenger compartment and a front end of a vehicle having on each side of the vehicle structural components comprising: a first longitudinal member provided at a lower portion of the passenger compartment; a second longitudinal member arranged in the front end; a third longitudinal member arranged in the front end and disposed above the second longitudinal member; a floor cross-member provided in a front region of the passenger compartment; a splashboard cross-member provided in a front region of the passenger compartment; an armature cross-member provided in a front region of the passenger compartment; an A-column beam laterally arranged in a front region of the passenger compartment; a lower lateral structural element that joins the floor cross-member and the splashboard cross-member to form a lower trapezoidal sub-assembly; an upper lateral structural element that joins the splashboard cross-member and the armature cross-member to form an upper trapezoidal sub-assembly, wherein the upper trapezoidal sub-assembly and the lower trapezoidal sub-assembly define a foot space of the passenger compartment; a first node point is defined where the second longitudinal member is articulated to the splashboard cross-member; and wherein the upper lateral structural element are connected between the first node point at the splashboard cross-member and a second node point of the armature cross-member.