Motor vehicle hybrid structural part

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10351175-B2
Application number	US-201615283962-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2016
Priority date	Oct 1, 2015
Publication date	Jul 16, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019

Abstract

Motor vehicle hybrid structural part, comprising a main structural part 2 and at least one reinforcement patch the main structural part 2 being embodied as a sheet-metal structural part made of a steel alloy or light metal alloy and the reinforcement patch being made of light metal, which is characterized in that the reinforcement patch is an extruded structural part with at least two wall thicknesses differing from one another in cross section.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor vehicle hybrid structural part, comprising:
a main structural part,
at least one reinforcement patch,
the main structural part being embodied as a sheet-metal structural part made of a steel alloy or light metal alloy,
the at least one reinforcement patch being made of aluminum alloy and being an extruded structural part with at least two wall thicknesses differing from one another in cross section,
wherein the direction of extrusion of the at least one reinforcement patch is oriented at an angle of 70° to 110° with respect to a longitudinal direction of the main structural part,
wherein the at least one reinforcement patch comprises a varying thickness along the longitudinal direction, and
wherein the aluminum alloy of the reinforcement patch has a yield strength RP0.2 of greater than 250 MPa.

2. The motor vehicle hybrid structural part of claim 1 , wherein the direction of extrusion of the reinforcement patch is oriented at an angle of 85° to 95° with respect to the longitudinal direction of the main structural part, the main structural part comprises a homogeneous wall thickness in its cross section.

3. The motor vehicle hybrid structural part of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement patch and the main structural part are coupled to one another by adhesive bonding, thermal joining, clinching or spot welding.

4. The motor vehicle hybrid structural part of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement patch and the main structural part form a hollow profile at least in portions in the longitudinal direction of the main structural part.

5. The motor vehicle hybrid structural part of claim 1 , wherein the main structural part and the reinforcement patch are in contact over their entire surface area, the change in wall thickness being formed on that side which is remote from the main structural part.

6. The motor vehicle hybrid structural part of claim 1 , wherein the main structural part is coupled to a closing plate.

7. The motor vehicle hybrid structural part of claim 1 , wherein the main structural part is a motor vehicle pillar.

8. The motor vehicle hybrid structural part of claim 7 , wherein the motor vehicle pillar has two reinforcement patches arranged spaced apart in its longitudinal direction.

9. The motor vehicle hybrid structural part of claim 7 , wherein the motor vehicle pillar has a changing c-shaped having a hat-like cross section in the longitudinal direction, and a differing wall thickness is formed in cross section.

10. The motor vehicle hybrid structural part of claim 7 , wherein an overall length of the reinforcement patch corresponds to 50% to 75% of the overall length of the main structural part.

11. The motor vehicle hybrid structural part of claim 1 , wherein the main structural part is a crossmember, which has a c-shaped having a hat-like form in its cross section.

12. The motor vehicle hybrid structural part of claim 11 , wherein the at least one reinforcement patch comprises three reinforcement patches arranged spaced respectively apart.

13. The motor vehicle hybrid structural part of claim 1 , wherein the main structural part is a roof spar, which is configured in cross section in a c shape with protruding flanges, a closing plate being arranged on the rear side and the reinforcement patch being arranged in the cavity which is formed in the longitudinal direction.

Assignees

• Benteler Automobiltechnik Gmbh

Inventors

• Frost Georg
• Grewe Jochem
• Muellers Gero
• Handing Christian

Classifications

• B60R2019/182

  of light metal, e.g. extruded · CPC title

• B62D25/04 Primary

  Door pillars {; windshield pillars} · CPC title

• B60R19/18

  {characterised by the cross-section;} Means within the bumper to absorb impact · CPC title

• B62D29/008

  predominantly of light alloys, e.g. extruded · CPC title

• B62D27/026

  Connections by glue bonding (in general F16B11/00; processes C09J5/00) · CPC title