Patent ID: 6474726
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
An automobile bodyshell frame structure comprising:a generally elongated first panel member; a generally elongated second panel member having opposite side edge portions connected to the first panel member to define a hollow between the first and second panel members; and a filler disposed within a portion of a cross-section of the hollow between the first and second panel members, said filler being provided on an inner surface of one of the first and second panel members and having at least one of an average compressive strength equal to or greater than 4 MPa and a maximum bending strength equal to or greater than 10 MPa; and a generally elongated intermediate panel member intervening between the first and second panel members, and wherein the filler is filed in a closed volume delimited between the intermediate panel member and once of the first and second panel members.