Patent ID: 6663166
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A body for a motor vehicle, comprising:side doors provided with reinforcing longitudinal frame parts, and a frame structure which absorbs energy and which has cross members and forward as well as rearward side members extending between oppositely situated wheels and side members extending between wheels situated behind one another, A-columns constructed as hinge columns and B-columns constructed as lock columns being integrated in the frame structure, wherein each door with the longitudinal frame part, by way of transmission devices achieving a form closure, interacts with the frame structure comprising the side members, the cross members and the A-column, as well as the B-column, such that the transmission devices absorb and transmit forces acting upon the frame structure at least in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and wherein a first of the transmission devices has a first hat-shaped cross-sectional section and a second hat-shaped cross-sectional section having edges aligned in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.