A front body structure for mounting front structure parts including a front back beam unit, a sub-frame, and a fender apron upper member thereon includes: front side members provided on left and right sides, respectively, in a width direction of a vehicle body while extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, each front side member being manufactured of an aluminum extrusion member; and mounting units coupled to front portions of the front side members, respectively, to mount the front structure parts thereon, each mounting unit being made of an aluminum material, wherein the mounting units form a plurality of load paths connected to the front side members through a plurality of reinforcing ribs outside the front side members.

A suspension member includes: a front frame including a front cross member extending in a vehicle width direction; a rear frame at least partially made of light metal and including a rear cross member extending in the vehicle width direction, the rear frame being placed on a vehicle rear side of the front frame and joined to the front frame; and a protective member joined to the rear cross member so as to form a closed section together with the rear cross member.

The present disclosure relates to a rocker for a vehicle and a rocker reinforcement. Examples of the present disclosure include a cross section of a rocker reinforcement comprising two convex four-sided structures with their horizontal diagonals substantially parallel to a transverse horizontal direction, and the convex four-sided structures being separated along a vertical direction.

A semi-trailer for use in hauling grain has four sides and two sloped cargo areas, each having a hopper funnel made of a continuous, unitary polymer material. A door below each hopper is driven by a linear actuator that is disposed above the level of the door. The trailer sidewalls are made of a composite material having inner and outer panels attached to a center panel by adhesive.

A siderail member for a subframe assembly of a vehicle, including: an elongate body, wherein the elongate body includes a hollow extruded structure including an inboard wall, an outboard wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and one or more internal walls. Optionally, the bottom wall has a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the top wall. Optionally, the outboard wall has a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the inboard wall. Optionally, the one or more internal walls include a top internal wall and a bottom internal wall forming a plurality of horizontally-disposed cells within an interior of the elongate body. The bottom internal wall has a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the top internal wall. The hollow extruded structure is manufactured from an aluminum material. Optionally, the top wall of the hollow extruded structure defines a flexure recess.

The invention relates to a method for introducing a media outlet (6) into a hollow profiled section (1), in which method a first media outlet passage (7), via which a medium can flow out of a cavity (2) in the hollow profiled section (1), is introduced by means of a first tool into an outer wall (5) of the hollow profiled section (1), and in which method a second tool is introduced into the cavity (2) in the hollow profiled section (1) via the first media outlet passage (7), and by means of said second tool at least one second media outlet passage (8) is introduced into an inner profiled section web (4) of the hollow profiled section (1). The invention further relates to a method for providing a hollow profiled section (1), in which the hollow profiled section (1) is extruded and a media passage (6) is introduced into the hollow profiled section (1) in a method according to any of the preceding claims, a geometry of the profiled section web (4) being selected depending on a position of the first media outlet passage (7) and the hollow profiled section (1) being extruded with the selected geometry of the profiled section web (4).

An embodiment front vehicle body structure includes a fender apron upper member, a front side member coupled to a front portion of the fender apron upper member, and a front pillar unit coupled to a rear portion of the front side member and a rear portion of the fender apron upper member, the front pillar unit including an aluminum material.

A rocker component for a vehicle includes a tubular beam having a transverse cross-sectional shape extending continuously along a length of the tubular beam. The transverse cross-sectional shape of the tubular beam includes an inboard portion that has an inboard height dimension and an outboard portion that has an outboard height dimension. The outboard height dimension is less than the inboard height dimension. The transverse cross-sectional shape of the tubular beam also includes an upper planar wall and a lower planar wall that connect linearly between the respective upper and lower ends of the inboard portion and the outboard portion to form a tapered shape.

A hood for a motor vehicle includes a framework base having a length extension along a first axis and a width extension along a second axis, a first covering panel fixed to the framework base so as to cover a first end of the framework base along the first axis over the entire width extension, a second covering panel fixed to the framework base so as to cover a second end of the framework base over the entire width extension, wherein the first and the second covering panel leave an intermediate portion of the framework base between the first and the second end, according to the first axis, uncovered.

A hood for a motor vehicle includes a framework base having a length extension along a first axis and a width extension along a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, a covering panel for at least partially covering a portion of the framework base, and fixing means for fixing the covering panel to said portion, such that the covering panel at least partially covers the portion, the fixing means being provided with a base element carried by the covering panel in a fixed position relative to the covering panel, and a register element coupled to the base element in a movable manner along a third axis transverse to a plane comprising the first and the second axis, wherein the register element has an end that is farther from the base element along the third axis and faces the framework base, the end being adapted to abut against the framework base along the third axis.