Patent ID: 8016346

Claim:
A vehicle body, comprising: a vehicle floor formed with a central tunnel having a U-shaped cross section, said central tunnel having bent limb portions and a downwardly open, lower side; seat crossmembers for a front seat of a motor vehicle disposed on said vehicle floor laterally on both sides of said central tunnel, said seat crossmembers having an end face facing towards said central tunnel; at least one transversely arranged bridge support disposed at said lower side of said central tunnel and connected to a lower side of said bent limb portions of said central tunnel; a supporting bracket disposed on an upper side of said bent limb portions of said central tunnel; at least two bolted connections disposed with an offset in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction of the vehicle connecting said bridge support to said supporting bracket on the upper side of said bent limb portions; and said bridge support together with said supporting bracket facing said end face of said seat crossmember with a spacing distance.