Disclosed is an apparatus for improving lateral crash pushing and distributing crash energy within a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a first frame cross member extending laterally between a left hand frame rail and a right hand frame rail of a vehicle, and a second frame cross member, aft of the first frame cross member, extending laterally between the left hand frame rail and the right hand frame rail. The apparatus further comprises an outrigger projecting outward laterally from the first frame cross member and an impact member selected from the left hand frame rail or right hand frame rail; and a connection arm projecting diagonally from a distal end of the outrigger to a connection point on the second frame cross member, beneath the impact member, such that when an impact force travels longitudinally into the outrigger, the impact force is distributed to both the first frame cross member through the outrigger and the second frame cross member through the connection arm.

An upper vehicle-body structure for a vehicle, the upper vehicle-body structure including a cover that fits in an opening in a roof panel of the vehicle; a sunroof device that moves the cover between one position in the opening and another position out of the opening; and a vehicle-body framework which surrounds an outer edge portion of the opening and in which corner portions are formed in a planar view. The sunroof has a unit framework in which corner portions are formed, and close portions of the unit framework to unit corner portions are coupled with close portions of the vehicle-body framework to vehicle-body corner portions.

A mounting assembly unit includes a mounting element (12) to be fixed by at least one fastening bolt (30). At least one mounting element passage opening (14, 16) is provided in the mounting element (12) for the passage of the at least one fastening bolt (30). A mounting aid unit (18a, 18b) associated with at least one mounting element passage opening (14, 16) is provided at the mounting element (12). The mounting aid unit (18a, 18b) associated with the mounting element passage opening (14, 16) has a mounting aid unit passage opening (22a, 22b), which is positioned aligned with respect to the mounting element passage opening, such that an edge area (28a, 28b of the mounting aid unit (18a, 18b), which edge area surrounds the mounting aid unit passage opening (22a, 22b), is arranged overlapping the mounting element passage opening (14, 16) in some areas.

A floor center member extends through a central part of a body floor of a vehicle and a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a first floor cross member penetrates the floor center member to extend in a lateral direction of the vehicle. The floor center member includes a coupling flange counter to a top wall of the first floor cross member. The coupling flange is coupled to the first floor cross member, by a bolt and a nut.

A frame device for a vehicle, including a subframe which can be attached to a structure of the vehicle and which has two side members spaced apart from one another in the transverse direction of the subframe and at least one cross member via which the side members are interconnected. The frame device also includes at least one support element, which is formed separately from the subframe and has at least one attachment element by which at least one component of the vehicle can be attached to the support element, and a steering gear which is formed separately from the subframe and separately from the support element for a steering system of the vehicle. Both the steering gear and the support element are attached to the subframe by one and the same fastening element.

A motor vehicle has a passenger compartment and two side members provided with respective rear portions, arranged longitudinally at the passenger compartment, and respective struts, which project forward of the passenger compartment; the motor vehicle has a crossbar with front attachment portions and rear attachment portions fixed to the side members by means of connecting devices, so as to keep the crossbar suspended in relation to the struts; the connecting devices have at least one weakened zone, designed so as to cause at least part of the crossbar to detach from the side members when a given load threshold is exceeded; the connecting devices have a first pierced wall, which is part of the front or rear attachment portions, a second pierced wall, which is part of the side members, and a bolt that tightens the first and second wall together; the weakened zone is defined by at least one slot cut in the first wall, beginning from a hole edge of the first wall itself.

A hybrid structural assembly for a motor vehicle includes a casting and a structural inlay. The casting includes a plurality of structural components joined together in a casting process to form structural load paths and extending in a plurality of directions in a 3D space. The casting includes a cast-allowable alloy material. The structural inlay is secured to at least one of the structural components. The structural inlay includes a material having at least one of a higher ductility and a higher toughness than the cast-allowable alloy material.

An article fixing device includes an adjustment mechanism, a protrusion, and a fastening bolt. The adjustment mechanism is joined to a side of a lower surface of the roof panel. The protrusion is provided integrally with the adjustment mechanism and fixes a roof rail. The fastening bolt fastens a support member to the adjustment mechanism. Further, the adjustment mechanism includes a fitting convex member provided integrally with the protrusion, a fitting concave member that that is able to be screwed into the fitting convex member, and a resin ring that is provided in the fitting concave member and that cooperates with rotation of the fastening bolt.

A front vehicle-body structure may include a pair of front side members each disposed in a vehicle length direction at both sides of a front vehicle-body, a pair of mounting brackets each engaged with a corresponding front side member among the pair of front side members and disposed to protrude from an internal panel of the corresponding front side member in a width direction of the vehicle to face each other, a cross bar having an upper surface, a front surface, and a rear surface, having a cross-section having an open bottom side and an open lateral end portion, and engaged with the mounting bracket in a vehicle height direction thereof, and an engagement unit of engaging the cross bar to the pair of mounting brackets with a predetermined gap between the pair of front side members and the lateral end portion of the cross bar.

Integrated frame and battery pack structure for electric vehicles are disclosed. An example electric vehicle includes a frame of the electric vehicle to which a body of the electric vehicle is coupled, the frame including longitudinal frame rails, a mid-section of the frame not including frame cross-members. The example electric vehicle includes a battery pack mounted in the mid-section of the frame, the battery pack including battery pack cross-members, each of the battery pack cross-members connected to a top surface of the longitudinal frame rails and a bottom surface of the longitudinal frame rails.