Patent ID: 6648401
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A motor vehicle body having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the body comprising:an underbody; a longitudinal member connected to an underside of the underbody and having a sidewall extending downwardly from the underside of the underbody and a lower surface; a cross member connected to the longitudinal member and extending inboard therefrom; a wheelhouse connected to the underbody adjacent an outboard edge thereof and having an inboard surface laterally spaced from the longitudinal member; and a reinforcement disposed substantially entirely below the underbody and bearing against the wheelhouse, the underside of the underbody, the sidewall, and the lower surface, the reinforcement connected to the wheelhouse inboard surface and to the longitudinal member adjacent to a junction between the longitudinal member and the cross member.