Patent ID: 6148581
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
A vehicle body supporting structure frame construction comprising:at least one nodal connection element manufactured by hydraulic internal high pressure forming, the nodal connection element comprising at least two tube-shaped hollow bodies made of different materials, the hollow bodies being nested to define an interior hollow body and an exterior hollow body, the nodal connection element defining at least two connections at which an end of one of the tube-shaped hollow bodies is offset from an end of another of the tube-shaped hollow bodies; andat least two tube-shaped frame elements manufactured by hydraulic internal high pressure forming, each of said frame elements being made of one of said materials, each of said frame elements being pluggably connected with said nodal connection element at a respective of said connections, each of said frame elements being additionally joined to a respective one of said hollow bodies made of the same of said materials at said connections,wherein the interior hollow body projects farther in the area of one of the connections than the exterior hollow body, and an edge area of the adjoining frame elements is pluggably connected with the projecting area of the interior hollow body, and interior hollow body being fixedly connected with the frame element by welding, gluing, or riveting.