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Granted Patent B2
US 10,766,539 · App. 16/190,257 · Granted Sep 8, 2020

Motor vehicle with auxiliary frame

Inventors: Marius Sawatzki (Pulheim, DE); Dominik Mueller (Euskirchen, DE); Stefan Schneider (Rösrath, DE); Daniel Meckenstock (Wuppertal, DE)
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
B62D24/00B62D21/11B62D21/155B62D27/023B62D27/06B62D27/065B62D25/082B62D27/026
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Patent No.
US 10,766,539
App. No.
16/190,257
Granted
Sep 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor vehicle ( 10 ) having a passenger compartment ( 12 ) and a front compartment ( 13 ) arranged in the direction of a longitudinal axis (X) in front of the passenger compartment ( 12 ) is provided. Here, the passenger compartment ( 12 ) is surrounded by a body ( 14 ) comprising a slope ( 16 ). In the front compartment ( 13 ), an auxiliary frame ( 17 ) is arranged. As claimed in the disclosure, a spacing ( 22 ) is formed between the auxiliary frame ( 17 ) and the slope ( 16 ) in the direction of the longitudinal axis (X) and a spacer piece ( 19 ) is arranged in this spacing.

Claims (23)

1. A motor vehicle comprising:

a passenger compartment;

a front compartment arranged in the direction of a longitudinal axis in front of the passenger compartment;

a body surrounding the passenger compartment and including a slope;

an auxiliary frame in the front compartment;

wherein a spacing in the direction of the longitudinal axis is formed between the auxiliary frame and the slope and a spacer piece is arranged in the spacing; and

a connecting part extending from the auxiliary frame to the slope at the spacing and connecting the auxiliary frame to the slope;

wherein the connecting part is elongated along a vertical axis.

2. The motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the spacer piece fills the spacing between the auxiliary frame and the slope in the direction of the longitudinal axis by at least four fifths.

3. The motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the spacer piece is attached to the slope.

4. The motor vehicle as set forth in claim 3 , wherein the spacer piece is glued, screwed, clipped, or welded to the slope.

5. The motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the spacer piece is attached to the auxiliary frame.

6. The motor vehicle as set forth in claim 5 , wherein the spacer piece is glued, screwed, clipped, or welded to the auxiliary frame.

7. The motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the spacer piece is of the same type of material as the slope.

8. The motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the spacer piece is solid material.

9. The motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the spacer piece is filled material.

10. The motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the connecting part is designed as a predetermined failure part in the manner that a movement of the auxiliary frame directed downward along a vertical axis is not obstructed.

11. The motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the spacer piece includes a touch surface, which is positioned opposite a contact surface, the contact surface being on the auxiliary frame or on the slope, wherein the touch surface and/or the contact surface includes a sliding layer.

12. The motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the slope of the body extends through the vertical axis at a non-right angle.

13. The motor vehicle as set forth in claim 12 , wherein the auxiliary frame is parallel to the slope of the body at the spacing and at the connecting part.

14. The motor vehicle as set forth in claim 13 , further comprising a motor supported on the auxiliary frame.

15. The motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising a motor supported on the auxiliary frame.

16. The motor vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the spacing is empty around the connecting part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2018
From: SAWATZKI, MARIUS; MUELLER, DOMINIK; SCHNEIDER, STEFAN; MECKENSTOCK, DANIEL
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 047493/0695 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 222 225 · Dec 8, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190176891A1 · Jun 13, 2019
Cited By (1)
US 12,679,462