Patent ID: 7467821
Filing Date: 2008-12-23
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. Vehicle body structure for a fastback-equipped passenger car, comprising oppositely arranged lateral roof frames, rearward side parts and rearward spring strut receiving devices, wherein the oppositely arranged lateral roof frames are each configured as a hollow support and are mutually locally operatively connected by transversely extending members, and each of the lateral roof frames in an area of the rearward spring strut receiving devices is operatively connected by a hollow support structure extending in a transverse direction of the vehicle, to an adjacent one of the spring strut receiving devices situated underneath each of the lateral roof frames, wherein the hollow support structure is comprised of a center reinforcement of the lateral roof frame which, in areas, as viewed in top view, has an approximately L-shaped configuration, with a longer leg of the center reinforcement extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle along the respective one of the lateral roof frames, and a shorter leg of the approximately L-shaped center reinforcement extends in the transverse direction and, with a free end thereof, extends toward an exterior vehicle side.