Patent ID: 8636314

Claim:
A vehicle body, comprising: a front frame structure, comprising: a first longitudinal girder; and a second longitudinal girder, wherein each of the first longitudinal girder and the second longitudinal girder comprises: a first end section having an essentially L-shaped cross section; a first longitudinal section adjacent to the end section; and a second longitudinal section at an angle to the first longitudinal section so that in an installed state of a frame structure, the first longitudinal section lies essentially horizontally below a floor plate of the vehicle body and the second longitudinal section extends essentially upward and, viewed in a forward travel direction, the first longitudinal section is arranged behind a rear longitudinal section, wherein beginning in an area of a transition from the second longitudinal section to the first longitudinal section the first longitudinal girder and the second longitudinal girder extend at least partially away from one another in a direction of the first longitudinal section; and a rear frame structure connected to the front frame structure, the rear frame structure comprising: a third longitudinal girder; and a fourth longitudinal girder, wherein each of the third longitudinal girder and the fourth longitudinal girder comprises: a second end section having an essentially L-shaped cross section essentially corresponding with the L-shaped cross section of the first end section; a third longitudinal section; and a fourth longitudinal section at a second angle to the third longitudinal section so that in the installed state of the frame structure, the third longitudinal section lies essentially horizontally below a second floor plate of the vehicle body and the fourth longitudinal section extends essentially upward and, viewed in the forward travel direction, the third longitudinal section is arranged behind the rear longitudinal section, and wherein beginning in the area of a second transition from the second longitudinal section to the first longitudinal section the third longitudinal girder and the fourth longitudinal girder extend at least partially away from one another in the direction of the first longitudinal section, and wherein the first longitudinal girder is connected to the third longitudinal girder at a first overlapping area of the first and second end sections of the first and third longitudinal girders, and wherein the second longitudinal girder is connected to the fourth longitudinal girder at a second overlapping area of the first and second end sections of the second and fourth longitudinal girders.