Arrangement for connecting two vehicle body components and method for producing a sheet metal component having a doubled joining flange

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10894566-B2
Application number	US-201815896552-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2018
Priority date	Oct 12, 2015
Publication date	Jan 19, 2021
Grant date	Jan 19, 2021

Abstract

An arrangement for connecting different parts includes two vehicle components. The vehicle body components include a first vehicle body component taking the form of a sheet metal component with a joining flange and being connected at this joining flange to the second vehicle body component via a welded connection. The joining flange on the first vehicle body component has a turned-over rim and is thereby formed with a doubled sheet metal thickness.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An arrangement for connecting different parts, the arrangement comprising:
two vehicle body components, the first vehicle body component taking the form of a sheet metal component with a joining flange and being connected at this joining flange to the second vehicle body component via a welded connection, wherein
the joining flange on the first vehicle body component has a turned-over rim and is thereby formed with a doubled sheet metal thickness,
the welded connection is a spot-welded connection having a plurality of spot welds that penetrate through the thickness of: i) the turned-over rim, and ii) the second vehicle body component,
the first vehicle body component has a substantially uniform sheet metal thickness that ranges from not more than 1.2 mm to not more than 0.8 mm,
the first vehicle body component is produced in one piece,
the joining flange formed by the turned-over rim on the first vehicle body component has a width that ranges from 20 mm to 50 mm,
the welded connection is formed at a distance of not more than 10 mm from a bending edge of the turned-over rim on the first vehicle body component, and
the rim is turned over inwardly on the first vehicle body component.

2. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sheet metal layers lying on one another in the joining flange of the first vehicle body component are additionally adhesively bonded to one another.

3. The arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first vehicle body component is a floor panel and the second vehicle body component is a sill.

4. An arrangement for connecting different parts, the arrangement comprising:
a vehicle floor panel; and
a reinforcing sill, the vehicle floor panel taking the form of a sheet metal component with a joining flange and being connected at this joining flange to the reinforcing sill via a welded connection, wherein
the joining flange on the vehicle floor panel has a turned-over rim and is thereby formed with a doubled sheet metal thickness,
the welded connection is a spot-welded connection having a plurality of spot welds that penetrate through the thickness of: i) the turned-over rim, and ii) the reinforcing sill,
the vehicle floor panel has a substantially uniform sheet metal thickness that ranges from not more than 1.2 mm to not more than 0.8 mm,
the vehicle floor panel is produced in one piece,
the joining flange formed by the turned-over rim on the vehicle floor panel has a width that ranges from 20 mm to 50 mm,
the welded connection is formed at a distance of not more than 10 mm from a bending edge of the turned-over rim on the vehicle floor panel, and
the rim is turned over inwardly on the vehicle floor panel.

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Lang Martin
• Wimmer Thomas
• Lindner Werner

Classifications

• B62D27/02

  rigid · CPC title

• B62D25/2036 Primary

  the subunits being side panels, sills or pillars (B62D21/157 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B21D5/042

  With a rotational movement of the bending blade · CPC title

• B62D25/025

  Side sills thereof · CPC title

• B21D19/043

  for flanging edges of plates · CPC title