Vehicle chassis having modular rear axle construction

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PATENT NO 8925947
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13405880

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The invention relates to a bodywork of a motor vehicle comprising side members and a rear axle construction which is connected to the bodywork, the rear axle construction having means for attaching the rear axle construction to the bodywork and having a suspension, and the rear axle construction being configured as a torsion-beam axle or as a multi-link axle. The object to provide a generic bodywork of a motor vehicle with a rear axle construction which allows, in a financially favorable manner, a modular rear axle concept, i.e. the selective use of a torsion-beam axle or of a multi-link axle is achieved in that the bodywork has means for receiving the attachment means of a torsion-beam axle and of a multi-link axle and has means for receiving the attachment means and the suspension of a torsion-beam axle and of a multi-link axle.

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THYSSENKRUPP AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH45145 ESSEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brenneis, Michael Wadern-Dagstuhl, DE 1 4
Grüneklee, Axel Duisburg, DE 11 77
Schmitz, Kai Wermelskirchen, DE 8 46
Schulze-Bergkamen, Burkhard Dortmund, DE 1 4

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