VEHICLE BODY WITH A REINFORCING COMPONENT OF THE NODES AND THE HINGE OF THE TAILGATE WINDOW FRAME

摘要

The invention relates to a vehicle body (1) with a shell-type design, comprising at least one lateral frame (8), a tailgate frame (2) which is connected to a node of the vehicle body by the lateral frame (8), and a reinforcing component (9) which extends from the tailgate frame (2) into the lateral frame (8). The tailgate frame (2) and the lateral frame (8) are each composed of an upper shell and a lower shell, and the reinforcing component (9) is arranged between the upper and lower shells of the tailgate frame (2) and the lateral frame (8). A hinge reinforcement (10) for a hinge of a tailgate is formed in the reinforcing component (9) in the region of the tailgate frame (2).