IP Library Granted Patent US 7,815,248
Granted Patent B2
US 7,815,248 · App. 12/104,834 · Granted Oct 19, 2010

Rearward-side vehicle body structure

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Patent No.
US 7,815,248
App. No.
12/104,834
Granted
Oct 19, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rearward-side body structure of a vehicle, particularly a passenger car, has two side members mutually connected by a cross member. On each vehicle side, one console is provided, which in each case covers a junction node in a flat and form-integrated manner from below, in which junction node the cross member is to be fastened to the respective side member. The console has a bearing plate, on which a subframe of the vehicle can be supported. The bearing plate has at least one passage opening through which the subframe can be screwed to the vehicle body structure.

Claims (20)

1. A rearward-side body structure of a vehicle, comprising: two side members;

a cross member mutually connecting the two side members;

one console respectively provided on each side of the vehicle, said console covering a junction node in which the cross member is fastenable to a respective side member, the console covering the junction node in a flat and form-integrated manner from below;

wherein each respective console has a bearing plate on which a subframe of the vehicle is supportable, the bearing plate having at least one passage opening through which the subframe is fastenable to the vehicle body structure; and

wherein a plane of the bearing plate in an edge area of the bearing plate enclosing the passage opening is inclined relative to a member plane in which at least an area of the console surrounds the bearing plate.

2. The rearward-side body structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a bush having an internal thread, the bush being covered by the console and being aligned in a respective junction node with a respective passage opening; and

wherein the bush is fastened to at least one of the cross member and a respective side member.

3. The rearward-side body structure according to claim 2 , wherein the bush is a vertical bush having a vertical collar flatly supported on an interior side of the console on the bearing plate, the interior side facing the junction node.

4. The rearward-side body structure according to claim 2 , wherein the bush penetrates at least one of the cross member and a respective side member.

5. The rearward-side body structure according to claim 3 , wherein the bush penetrates at least one of the cross member and a respective side member.

6. The rearward-side body structure according to claim 2 , wherein the bush is welded to at least one of the cross member and a respective side member.

7. The rearward-side body structure according to claim 3 , wherein the bush is welded to at least one of the cross member and a respective side member.

8. The rearward-side body structure according to claim 4 , wherein the bush is welded to at least one of the cross member and a respective side member.

9. The rearward-side body structure according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing plate has a plane surface on an exterior side of the console facing away from the junction node.

10. The rearward-side body structure according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing plate has a plane surface on an interior side of the console facing the junction node.

11. The rearward-side body structure according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing plate projects from the junction node with respect to a surrounding area of the console that encloses the bearing plate.

12. The rearward-side body structure according to claim 1 , wherein one of a respective side member and a respective passage opening is arranged in an area of an intersecting point between the respective side member and the cross member.

13. The rearward-side body structure according to claim 1 , wherein the console has a receiving cup spaced apart from the bearing plate, the receiving cup being operatively configured for receiving a spring device.

14. The rearward-side body structure according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is a passenger car vehicle.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 15, 2010
From: PORSCHE ZWISCHENHOLDING GMBH
To: DR. ING H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 024689/0278 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 14, 2010
From: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (COMPANY NO. 722287)
To: PORSCHE ZWISCHENHOLDING GMBH
Reel/Frame 024684/0871 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2009
From: HAHLWEG, HOLGER; STRAETER, JAN CHRISTIAN
To: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG (COMPANY NO. 722287)
Reel/Frame 022446/0326 →