Method of manufacturing a vehicle and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9809259-B2
Application number	US-201514817234-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 4, 2015
Priority date	Aug 5, 2014
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

A method for producing a motor vehicle and a correspondingly produced motor vehicle having a modular construction, in which a substructure and at least one superstructure module are produced independently of one another and are subsequently permanently connected together.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for producing a motor vehicle, comprising:
producing a substructure and at least one superstructure module of the motor vehicle, the substructure and the superstructure module each having at least one edge region;
painting at least the edge region of the substructure and/or the edge region of the superstructure module; and
connecting, via an adhesive, the edge region of the substructure and the edge region of superstructure module, after the painting of at least the edge region of the substructure and/or the edge region of the superstructure module,
wherein the substructure and the superstructure module are positioned relative to one another by way of a tolerance-compensating screw connection, so that the edge region of the substructure and the edge region of the superstructure module are fixed in the relative position thereof by way of the tolerance-compensating screw connection during curing of the adhesive, the entire tolerance-compensating screw connection being disposed at a position entirely outside of the edge region of the substructure and the edge region of the superstructure module.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein connecting the edge region of the substructure and the edge region of the superstructure module comprises bridging a spacing between the substructure and the superstructure module via the tolerance-compensating screw connection.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tolerance-compensating screw connection comprises an automatic tolerance-compensating system.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tolerance-compensating screw connection comprises a sleeve with a first internal thread configured for insertion into the substructure or the superstructure module.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the tolerance-compensating screw connection comprises an adjusting element with an internal thread and an external thread configured for screwing into the first internal thread of the sleeve.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the tolerance-compensating screw connection comprises a screw with an external thread configured for screwing through the superstructure module or the substructure into the internal thread of the adjusting element and the sleeve.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tolerance-compensating screw connection comprises:
a sleeve with a first internal thread configured for insertion into the substructure or the superstructure module;
an adjusting element with an internal thread and an external thread configured for screwing into the first internal thread of the sleeve; and
a screw with an external thread configured for screwing through the superstructure module or the substructure into the internal thread of the adjusting element and the sleeve.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substructure has a tongue in the edge region of the substructure and the superstructure module has a groove in the edge region of the superstructure module such that the edge region of the substructure and the edge region of the superstructure module are connectable by introducing an adhesive into the groove as an adhesive bath and then introducing the tongue into the adhesive bath.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the tongue comprises holes to permit adhesive to pass therethrough.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the superstructure module has a tongue in the edge region of the superstructure module and the substructure has a groove in the edge region of the substructure such that the edge region of the superstructure module and the edge region of the substructure are connectable may be connected by introducing an adhesive into the groove as an adhesive bath and then introducing the tongue into the adhesive bath.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the tongue comprises holes to permit adhesive to pass therethrough.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising keeping the tolerance-compensating screw connection in the motor vehicle.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the superstructure module includes a first side wall and a second side wall having the edge region of the superstructure module; and
the tolerance-compensating screw connection being to connect the first side wall to the substructure while avoiding direct physical contact with the second side wall.

14. A method for producing a motor vehicle, comprising:
producing a substructure and at least one superstructure module of the motor vehicle, the substructure and the superstructure module each having at least one edge region;
painting at least the edge region of the substructure and/or the edge region of superstructure module;
connecting, via an adhesive, the edge region of the substructure and the edge region of the superstructure module, after the painting of at least the edge region of the substructure and/or the edge region of the superstructure module; and
connecting, via a non-adhesive, the substructure and the superstructure module,
wherein the substructure and the superstructure module are positioned relative to one another by way of a tolerance-compensating screw connection, so that the edge region of the substructure and the edge region of the superstructure module are fixed in the relative position thereof by way of the tolerance-compensating screw connection during curing of the adhesive, the entire tolerance-compensating screw connection being disposed at a position entirely outside of the edge region of the substructure and the edge region of the superstructure module.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein:
the superstructure module includes a first side wall and a second side wall having the edge region of the superstructure module; and
the tolerance-compensating screw connection being to connect the first side wall to the substructure while avoiding direct physical contact with the second side wall.

16. A method for producing a motor vehicle, comprising:
painting a substructure of the motor vehicle;
painting a superstructure module of the motor vehicle independently of the painting of the substructure;
connecting, via an adhesive, an edge region of the substructure and an edge region of the superstructure module, after the painting of the substructure and the painting of the superstructure module; and
permanently connecting, via a tolerance-compensating screw connection, a base part of the substructure and a wall part of the superstructure module by positioning the substructure and the superstructure module relative to one another via the tolerance-compensating screw connection so that the edge regions of the substructure and the superstructure module are fixed relative to one another by way of the tolerance-compensating screw connection during curing of the adhesive, the entire tolerance-compensating screw connection being disposed at a position entirely outside of the edge region of the substructure and the edge region of the superstructure module.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein:
the superstructure module includes a second wall part having the edge region of the superstructure module; and
the tolerance-compensating screw connection avoiding direct physical contact with the second wall part.

Assignees

• Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik Ag & Co Kg

Inventors

• Hofer Bernhard
• Zachnegger Harald

Classifications

• B29C65/48

  using adhesives {, i.e. using supplementary joining material; solvent bonding} · CPC title

• B62D25/025

  Side sills thereof · CPC title

• B62D27/026 Primary

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

• F16B11/006

  by gluing (gluing of plastics material B29C65/48) · CPC title

• F16B5/025

  specially designed to compensate for misalignement or to eliminate unwanted play · CPC title