A hybrid component for a vehicle includes at least one metal base portion configured to be attached to a basic structure of the vehicle, at least one stabilizing portion made of plastic for mechanically stabilizing the hybrid component, and at least one main portion made of continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic for absorbing forces that act on the hybrid component. The hybrid component is formed, at least in part, as a hollow profile.

A recreational vehicle may include a chassis, at least one axle assembly, and a vehicle body. The vehicle body may be supported by the chassis. The axle assembly may be coupled to the chassis and may provide motive support and underbody clearance to the chassis. The chassis may include a plurality of longitudinal main rails that span at least a portion of a length of the recreational vehicle and define a length of at least one crawl space. The plurality of lateral crawl space cross members may extend between and interconnect the plurality of longitudinal main rails and define a width of the at least one crawl space. A floor of the recreational vehicle, the plurality of longitudinal main rails, and the plurality of lateral crawl space cross members may collectively define the at least one crawl space.

This lateral upright for a motor vehicle body shell is intended to separate two window openings of the body shell, for example two lateral window openings at the front and rear. It comprises at least one stiffening section comprising two side plates that are substantially parallel to one another and are connected together by a web. The section is made of composite material. The side plates are intended to extend substantially parallel to a lateral window opening of the body shell. The web of the section made of composite material forms, with the side plates, a cellular structure.

The technology relates to vehicle panels. The vehicle panel may comprise a top layer and a bottom layer. The top and bottom layers may be bonded together. The bond of the top and bottom layer may be a weld. One or more energy absorbing layers may be positioned between the top layer and the bottom layer. The one or more energy absorbing layers may be comprised of one or more energy absorbing materials. The energy absorbing layers may be aluminum honeycomb and polyurethane foam.

A first reinforcing reinforcement that is formed of a fiber reinforced resin material is continuously superposed with and adhered to an inner wall surface of a front wall portion, an inner wall surface of an outer wall portion, and an inner wall surface of a rear wall portion of an outer reinforcement. A pair of superposed portions of a second reinforcing reinforcement are superposed, via the first reinforcing reinforcement, with the inner wall surface of the front wall portion and the inner wall surface of the rear wall portion of the outer reinforcement. The second reinforcing reinforcement is directly joined to the front wall portion and the rear wall portion of the outer reinforcement, and the pair of superposed portions are connected by a connecting portion.

A vehicle pillar structure includes a pillar upper portion that extends along a vehicle height direction on a vehicle width direction outer side and is made of a transparent resin, and a pillar lower portion that is disposed on a the vehicle height direction lower side of the pillar upper portion, is made of metal, and is joined to the pillar upper portion at a joint portion. The joint portion between the pillar upper portion and the pillar lower portion includes an outer joint portion positioned on the vehicle width direction outer side, and an inner joint portion positioned on a vehicle width direction inner side. A height of the outer joint portion and a height of the inner joint portion are different.

A vehicle is disclosed having a composite cargo body. A floor of the cargo body is constructed of a first composite material. A roof, a right sidewall, a left sidewall, and a nose of the cargo body are constructed of a second composite material different from the first composite material. Various components of the composite cargo body are bonded together with an adhesive. Mechanical fasteners also may be used to join other components of composite cargo body.

A workpiece includes a plurality of knots and webs, which are formed in one piece, of a sheet metal, in particular a steel plate. Each web extends between two openings from one knot to another knot, and at least three webs meet at each knot. A plurality of the webs has a cross section, which includes at least one hardened and one unhardened area.

An automotive frame part that is an A-pillar-lower part, the A-pillar-lower part including: an outer panel having approximately a T-shape in planar view and a cross section intersecting a portion corresponding to a horizontal side and a vertical side of the T-shape is a hat-shaped cross section including a top portion, a side wall portion, and a flange portion; an inner panel being connected to the flange portion and forming a closed cross section with the outer panel; and plastic stiffening members that each have one end connected to an inner surface of the outer panel and another end connected to an inner surface of the inner panel, wherein the shape and the disposition of the stiffening members are set based on an analysis result from a shape optimization analysis method and each of the stiffening members has a columnar shape or a columnar shape with both end parts bulging.

An automobile vehicle body and an automobile vehicle body manufacturing method is provided in which a metal joint is divided into an upper joint and a lower joint. The upper joint includes an upper wall which is fitted into a side member, a vehicle width direction inner wall and a vehicle width direction outer wall, and a lower joint includes a lower wall which is joined to a lower face and an outside face of a vehicle body floor, and the vehicle width direction outer wall, and therefore, the vehicle width direction outer wall of the upper joint is fastened to the vehicle width direction outer wall of the lower joint by a first bolt, and the vehicle width direction inner wall of the upper joint is fastened to an inside face of the side member by a second bolt.