Patent attributes
A body structure for a vehicle has at least one side door sill that is made up of a door sill outer part on the outer side of the vehicle and a door sill inner part on the inner side of the vehicle, in the vehicle transverse direction, which delimit a door sill cavity that extends in the vehicle longitudinal direction between a front closing profile that closes off the door sill cavity in the direction of the front wheel housing, and a rear closing profile that closes off the door sill cavity in the direction of the rear wheel housing, wherein a reinforcement element, designed as an insert part, which extends in the vehicle longitudinal direction and acts as a side collision reinforcement is situated in the door sill cavity, and wherein in the event of a head-on collision the reinforcement element is acted on by a collision force directed toward the rear of the vehicle, in particular with load on at least one connecting point at which the reinforcement element is connected to the door sill. According to the invention, to relieve load on the connecting point, the reinforcement element is spaced apart from the rear closing profile by a longitudinal clearance space. A jacking point sheet metal part extends in the vertical vehicle direction, transversely through the longitudinal clearance space, and, in a head-on collision, the jacking point sheet metal part acts as a longitudinal stop by means of which longitudinal shifting of the reinforcement element is prevented.
