US 12,459,580 B2
Reinforcing structure for a rear axle support of a motor vehicle
Mihaly Gonda, Unterschleissheim (DE); Lorenz Kriegler, Rottenegg (DE); and Tatjana Schoierer, Haimhausen (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/922,434
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/070791
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/023237, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 119 946.5 (DE), filed on Jul. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0192196 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/2027 (2013.01) [B62D 21/11 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A structure for an underbody of a motor vehicle having a rear axle support with a first and a second axle holder which are spaced apart from one another in a transverse direction of the vehicle, the structure comprising:
a reinforcing structure, which is different from the rear axle support, the reinforcing structure comprising:
a transverse connecting strut; and
a first and a second axle support linkage, wherein
the transverse connecting strut is connected both to the first and to the second axle support linkage, and
the first axle support linkage is configured to connect to the first axle holder of the rear axle support and the second axle support linkage is configured to connect to the second axle holder of the rear axle support.