Patent ID: 8801089

Claim:
A motor vehicle body comprising: a sill extending under a door opening, the sill having a first leg spaced from a second leg by a curved intermediate section, the first leg defining a first opening and the second leg defining a second opening; a fender fastened to the first leg of the sill; a sill bulkhead sealing off an inner hollow space of the sill at a face end, the sill bulkhead including a baseplate that is substantially vertical and orientated in vehicle transverse direction, and a rim that surrounds the baseplate, the rim having a curvature that corresponds with the curved intermediate section of the sill so that the sill follows the rim along the curvature of the rim, the baseplate including a first end adjacent to the first leg of the sill and a second end adjacent to the second leg of the sill, the first end including a protrusion that engages the fender and the first opening of the first leg of the sill to form a first fastening point and the second end including a hook that engages the second opening of the second leg of the sill to couple the sill bulkhead to the second leg of the sill; and a second fastening point on the sill bulkhead for fastening the fender to the sill.