Preform element for the production of a motor vehicle body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10569499-B2
Application number	US-201614992509-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2016
Priority date	Jul 12, 2013
Publication date	Feb 25, 2020
Grant date	Feb 25, 2020

Abstract

A preform structure is provided for the body of a motor vehicle. The structure includes a preform element which is produced from stacked fiber mats and has a peripheral area which along an edge is inclined relative to a preform surface, so as in this way to offer a load-appropriate transition from one preform element to another.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor vehicle, comprising:
a body of the motor vehicle, the body of the motor vehicle having a preform element, the preform element comprising:
a first stack of a plurality of fiber mats having a common first outer contour, a first preform area, a first preform border region and a first preform edge, wherein
the first preform edge delimits at least part of the outer contour,
the first preform border region extends between the first preform area and the first preform edge, and
the first preform border region is separated from an adjoining part of the first preform area via a first bend and the first preform border region is inclined with respect to the adjoining part of the first preform area;

a second preform element, the second preform element comprising:
a second stack of a plurality of fiber mats having a common second outer contour, a second preform area, a second preform border region and a second preform edge, wherein
the second preform edge delimits at least part of the second outer contour,
the second border region extends between the second preform area and the second preform edge, and
the first border region of the preform element and the second border region of the second preform element overlap one another on one side which faces away from a bend direction.

2. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the fiber mats of the first and second preform elements are carbon fiber mats.

3. The motor vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the carbon fiber mats are woven carbon fiber mats.

4. The motor vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the carbon fibers mats are laid such that carbon fibers of the carbon fiber mats are aligned substantially in a same direction and are stitched transversely thereto.

5. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the second preform border region is separated from an adjoining part of the second preform area by a second bend, and
the second preform border region is inclined with respect to the adjoining part of the second preform area.

6. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the first preform border region and the second preform border region respectively abut one another in an overlapping manner on one side, said one side facing away from the respective bending direction.

7. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the second border region of the second preform element has an increasingly reduced material thickness in a direction of the second preform edge.

8. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the overlap in a structure edge region is widened in a direction of an edge of the preform structure.

9. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
at least one of the first border region and the second border region has a smaller material thickness than a material thickness of a corresponding adjoining preform area such that a set-back step is created at the corresponding bend on the side facing away from the bending direction.

10. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first border region extends over laterally in a direction of and up to a structure edge into the first border edge region,
the second border region extends over laterally in a direction of and up to the structure edge into the second border edge region,
one of the first border edge region and the second border region is not bent with respect to the corresponding adjoining preform area,
the other of the first border edge region and the second border edge region is set-back in a bending direction with respect to the corresponding preform area in the overlap region by a material thickness of the one preform element, so that a side of the first border edge region facing away from the overlap and the preform area oriented in the same direction of the adjoining preform area of the second border edge region have a coinciding level.

11. A motor vehicle, comprising:
a body having a preform element, the preform element comprising:
a first stack of a plurality of fiber mats having a common first outer contour, a first preform area, a first preform border region and a first preform edge, wherein
the first preform edge delimits at least part of the outer contour,
the first preform border region extends between the first preform area and the first preform edge, and
the first preform border region is separated from an adjoining part of the first preform area via a first bend and the first preform border region is inclined with respect to the adjoining part of the first preform area, wherein
the body comprises a preform structure including the preform element and a second preform element, the second preform element comprising:
a second stack of a plurality of fiber mats having a common second outer contour, a second preform area, a second preform border region and a second preform edge, wherein
the second preform edge delimits at least part of the second outer contour,
the second preform border region extends between the second preform area and the second preform edge, and
the first preform border region of the preform element and the second preform border region of the second preform element overlap one another, and wherein

at least one of the first preform border region and the second preform border region has a smaller material thickness than a material thickness of a corresponding adjoining preform area such that a set-back step is created at the corresponding bend on a side facing away from the bending direction.

12. The motor vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein the fiber mats of the first and second preform elements are carbon fiber mats.

13. The motor vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein the carbon fiber mats are woven carbon fiber mats.

14. The motor vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein the carbon fibers mats are laid such that carbon fibers of the carbon fiber mats are aligned substantially in a same direction and are stitched transversely thereto.

15. The motor vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein:
the second preform border region is separated from an adjoining part of the second preform area by a second bend, and
the second preform border region is inclined with respect to the adjoining part of the second preform area.

16. The motor vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein
the first preform border region and the second preform border region respectively abut one another in an overlapping manner on one side, said one side facing away from the respective bending direction.

17. The motor vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein the second preform border region of the second preform element has an increasingly reduced material thickness in a direction of the second preform edge.

18. The motor vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein the overlap in a structure edge region is widened in a direction of an edge of the preform structure.

19. The motor vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein:
the first preform border region extends over laterally in a direction of and up to a structure edge into the first preform border edge region,
the second preform border region extends over laterally in a direction of and up to the structure edge into the second preform border edge region,
one of the first preform border edge region and the second preform border region is not bent with respect to the corresponding adjoining preform area,
the other of the first preform border edge region and the second preform border edge region is set-back in a bending direction with respect to the corresponding preform area

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Hogger Thomas
• Goldyn Lukasz
• Becherer David

Classifications

• B32B3/28

  characterised by a layer comprising a deformed thin sheet {, i.e. the layer having its entire thickness deformed out of the plane}, e.g. corrugated, crumpled (B32B29/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B62D29/048

  Connections therefor, e.g. joints (B62D29/045 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B32B5/024 Primary

  Woven fabric · CPC title

• B32B3/06

  for securing layers together; for attaching the product to another member, e.g. to a support {, or to another product, e.g. groove/tongue, interlocking} · CPC title

• B29L2031/3055

  Cars · CPC title