Motor vehicle body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10023245-B2
Application number	US-201715449867-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2017
Priority date	Mar 3, 2016
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

A motor vehicle body includes a rear wheel housing with a wheel well that accommodates a rear wheel and a wall section upwardly projecting form the wheel well. A C-pillar inner wall is fastened to the wall section along a first fastening zone and overlaps an opening formed in the wall section between the first fastening zone and wheel well. A weld joins the C-pillar inner wall and a C-pillar outer wall together at the level of the opening.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor vehicle body comprising:
a rear wheel housing having a wheel well configured to accommodate a rear wheel and a wall section upwardly projecting from the wheel well;
a C-pillar inner wall fastened to the wall section along a first fastening zone and overlapping an opening formed in the wall section between the first fastening zone and the wheel well; and
a C-pillar outer wall joined at a weld to the C-pillar inner wall at the level of the opening.

2. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the weld is located at a lower edge of the C-pillar inner wall.

3. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , further comprising a rear mudguard covering the C-pillar outer wall at the level of the weld.

4. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , wherein the wall section exhibits several openings distributed along a lower edge of the C-pillar inner wall.

5. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , further comprising a second fastening zone provided at the rear wheel housing between the opening and the wheel well, wherein the C-pillar outer wall is fastened to the second fastening zone.

6. The motor vehicle body according to claim 1 , further comprising a transverse structural element joining the C-pillar inner wall of a left body lateral wall and a right body lateral wall under a rear window opening.

7. The motor vehicle body according to claim 6 , wherein the transverse structural element comprises a parcel shelf.

8. The motor vehicle body according to claim 6 , further comprising a welding zone, wherein the transverse structural element is joined with the C-pillar inner wall and extends between a door opening and the rear window opening.

9. The motor vehicle body according to claim 6 , wherein the transverse structural element is vertically offset relative to the first fastening zone.

10. The motor vehicle body according to claim 6 , further comprising a support arranged inwardly from the C-pillar inner wall of the body and joining the transverse structural element with the rear wheel housing.

Assignees

• Gm Global Tech Operations Llc

Inventors

• Mildner Udo
• Teske Lothar

Classifications

• B62D25/16

  Mud-guards or wings; Wheel cover panels (equipped with means for freeing wheels or tyres from foreign matter B60S) · CPC title

• B62D27/023 Primary

  Assembly of structural joints · CPC title

• B62D25/04 Primary

  Door pillars {; windshield pillars} · CPC title

• B62D25/06

  Fixed roofs (non-fixed roofs or like shelters B60J7/00; roof liners B60R13/02; insulating elements B60R13/08) · CPC title

• B62D25/02 Primary

  Side panels {(B62D33/046 takes precedence; sideboards for open load compartments B62D33/023)} · CPC title