Bodywork arrangement for a front end and a passenger compartment of a vehicle

摘要

Bodywork arrangement comprising longitudinal members and cross-members that are connected at node points to other lateral structural elements to form part of a passenger compartment and part of a vehicle front end. Longitudinal members are provided at the lower side of the passenger compartment. Front-end longitudinal members are arranged on the vehicle front end. A front region of the passenger compartment has a floor cross-member, a splashboard cross-member, an armature cross-member and laterally arranged A-column elements. The floor cross-member together with the splashboard cross-member and two lateral structural elements form a lower trapezoidal structure. The splashboard cross-member together with the armature cross-member (9) and two lateral structural elements forms an upper trapezoidal structure. The space between the upper trapezoidal structure and the lower trapezoidal structure defines the foot space of the passenger compartment.

主权项

1. A symmetrical bodywork arrangement for a passenger compartment and a front end of a vehicle having on each side of the vehicle structural components comprising:
a first longitudinal member provided at a lower portion of the passenger compartment; a second longitudinal member arranged in the front end; a third longitudinal member arranged in the front end and disposed above the second longitudinal member; a floor cross-member provided in a front region of the passenger compartment; a splashboard cross-member provided in a front region of the passenger compartment; an armature cross-member provided in a front region of the passenger compartment; an A-column beam laterally arranged in a front region of the passenger compartment; a lower lateral structural element that joins the floor cross-member and the splashboard cross-member to form a lower trapezoidal sub-assembly; an upper lateral structural element that joins the splashboard cross-member and the armature cross-member to form an upper trapezoidal sub-assembly, wherein the upper trapezoidal sub-assembly and the lower trapezoidal sub-assembly define a foot space of the passenger compartment; a first node point is defined where the second longitudinal member is articulated to the splashboard cross-member; and wherein the upper lateral structural element are connected between the first node point at the splashboard cross-member and a second node point of the armature cross-member.