Tunnel region of a floor structure of a bodyshell f a motor vehicle and a transverse bridge. A tunnel region of a floor structure with a transverse bridge for reinforcing the tunnel region, which is held on the tunnel region by brackets fixed on side walls of the tunnel region. The side walls of the tunnel region are aligned vertically in the region in which the brackets are attached, and the brackets are positioned at the same height on the side walls.

A partition arrangement for a self-supporting body of a motor vehicle has a partition which is arranged at the forward end of a rear space and extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle and along a portion of its height between rear wheel houses of the motor vehicle. The arrangement is detachably fastened to boundary walls of the rear space. The partition extends along almost the entire height of the rear space and is arranged approximately in an upright transverse plane of the vehicle. ...

A frame structure of a body for a motor vehicle and a method of making same. The frame structure includes at least one lateral support arrangement which extends in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle between a forward body region and a rearward body region. The at least one lateral support arrangement is arranged to arch over a vehicle occupant compartment above a belt line and is bounded by a roof of the motor vehicle. The at least one lateral support arrangement includes a tube suppo...

A body frame component is designed so that it absorbs at least one force acting on it. The specific shape of the body frame component results in differing load or stress conditions within different regions of the body frame component when the force is being absorbed. In particular, high load or stress conditions occur in a first region and low load or stress conditions occur in a second region of the component. A reduction in the weight of the body frame component is achieved by forming at least...

An instrument panel for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The instrument panel has a cross-car beam which provides structural support for the instrument panel and a retainer for securing a wire harness to the cross-car beam. The present invention provides a means to easily secure a wire harness to an instrument panel. Moreover, the retainer shields the wire harness thereby protecting the wire harness from damage.

Provided is an automotive rear body structure which can effectively increase the torsional and bending rigidity of a rear part of the automotive body. A damper stiffener 21 is attached to an outer wall of each wheel house inner 15a so as to jointly define a closed cross section. A floor cross member 22 is attached to the outer walls of floor frames 14 and a rear floor panel 6 so as to jointly define a closed cross section. Each damper stiffener 21 extends to such an extent that its lower end ove...

A load-carrying structure for a vehicle body, the structure extending radially to the longitudinal axis of the body and being suitable for being associated with structural elements parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body, the load-carrying structure constituting a flat frame member and including at least one flat strip, wherein the structural elements are suitable for being inserted in said frame member by a mechanism of notches for receiving them. The device also relates to a segment of b...

A structure of a cowl and its vicinities is provided which is capable of, even in a vehicle which has an open cowl structure, using the open cowl structure as a member which connects the right and left bodies of the vehicle, and at the same time, realizing a structure that is useful for protecting a pedestrian. At the end part of a cowl 12 in the vehicle rear direction, one end of a dash upper panel 16 is connected; its other end extends below the cowl 12 and in the vehicle front direction; from...

The assembly includes a front face, a bumper skin, two flexible brackets, and two light units, each of which is rigidly secured to a corresponding bracket. The assembly further includes pre-positioning and guide elements adapted to provide pre-positioning that allows a first end of each of the brackets to move in a substantially axial direction relative to the front face, the elements including members for driving the first end in axial translation relative to the front face, the members operati...

In a front body structure including a bulk head 25 for supporting the tip 24 of a hood 16 covering an engine room 18 of a motor vehicle 11 and fenders 27, 27 covering the upper part of front wheels 26, 26, the left and right ends 33, 34 of the bulk head 25, after bent backward of a vehicle body, are connected to the fenders 27, 27 to adjust the shape of the front of the vehicle body by the bulk head 25, and when viewed in a plan, V-shape portions are formed at connecting portions between the end...