Motor vehicle body
A motor vehicle with a front opening hood and windshield ascending from a rear edge of the front opening hood is provided. The motor vehicle includes a cross member, whose front edge section supports a front lower edge of the windshield, and whose rear edge section abuts against a structural element of the body. A first side of the cross member faces the passenger cabin and a second side faces the engine compartment. The cross member is divided by slits into a plurality of webs spaced apart in the transverse direction of the body, and the slits are tightly sealed by a film.
1. A motor vehicle body, comprising:
a front opening hood;
a windshield ascending from a rear edge of the front opening hood;
a cross member including a front edge section that supports a front lower edge of the windshield, a rear edge section that abuts against a structural element of the motor vehicle body, a first side that faces a passenger cabin of the motor vehicle body and a second side that faces an engine compartment of the motor vehicle body, the cross member divided by slits into a plurality of webs spaced apart in the transverse direction of the motor vehicle body; and
a film that tightly seals the slits.
2. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein a single film seals a plurality of the slits.
3. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the film is adhesively bonded to the plurality of webs.
4. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the cross member is a single layer of flat material.
5. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the cross member is composed of a sheet metal.
6. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the cross member is designed as a single piece.
7. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of webs are joined together as a single piece at least at one of their ends via one of the front edge section and rear edge section.
8. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of webs has a front end and a rear end, and the front ends are higher than the rear ends.
9. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein each one of the plurality of webs are curved.
10. A motor vehicle, comprising:
a body that defines a passenger cabin and an engine compartment;
a front opening hood;
a windshield ascending from a rear edge of the front opening hood;
a cross member including a front edge section that supports a front lower edge of the windshield, a rear edge section that abuts against a structural element of the body, a first side that faces the passenger cabin and a second side that faces the engine compartment, the cross member divided by slits into a plurality of webs spaced apart in the transverse direction of the body; and
a film that tightly seals the slits,
wherein each of the plurality of webs has a front end and a rear end, and the front ends are higher than the rear ends.