US Patent 10384721 Body component

A body component for a motor vehicle provides at least one inner shell manufactured from an aluminum material and at least one outer shell manufactured from an aluminum material, the at least one inner shell and the at least one outer shell being connected to one another at least at flange regions and providing at least one cavity between them; and at least one reinforcement element arranged in the cavity. The inner shell is connected only by a rear section to the reinforcement element, such that the rear section of the inner shell is reinforced in dimensionally stable fashion by the reinforcement element in order to safeguard the passenger compartment, and is delimited by a front, non-reinforced section for energy dissipation.