Profile strip of a vehicle body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9834252-B2
Application number	US-201615009056-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 28, 2016
Priority date	Jul 29, 2013
Publication date	Dec 5, 2017
Grant date	Dec 5, 2017

Abstract

A profile strip of a vehicle body is provided, wherein the profile strip is configured with at least one shell component made of fiber-reinforced plastic material and with at least one pultrusion component. The profile strip is subjected to bending in a bending direction and the pultrusion component is arranged alongside the shell component, as seen in the bending direction. The pultrusion component is configured with an outer shell and with at least one inner crosspiece, which is coupled to the inside of the outer shell. The at least one inner crosspiece extends in the bending direction and the at least one shell component has additional inner ribs, which extend likewise in the bending direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A profile strip of a vehicle body, the profile strip comprising:
at least one shell component made of a fiber-reinforced plastic;
at least one pultrusion component arranged next to the shell component in a bending direction in which the profile strip is subjectable to bending, wherein
the pultrusion component is configured with an outer shell and at least one inner web coupled thereto on an inner side of the outer shell,
the at least one inner web extends in the bending direction, and
the at least one shell component has inner ribs extending in the bending direction, wherein
the outer shell of the pultrusion defines a hollow cavity within which the at least one inner web is disposed.

2. The profile strip according to claim 1 , further comprising foam filling an inner cavity of the shell component and/or the pultrusion component.

3. The profile strip according to claim 2 , wherein the pultrusion component is adhesively bonded to the shell component over a full surface area adjacent to the shell component.

4. The profile strip according to claim 1 , wherein the pultrusion component is adhesively bonded to the shell component over a full surface area adjacent to the shell component.

5. The profile strip according to claim 1 , wherein the profile strip is part of a passenger compartment of the vehicle body.

6. The profile strip according to claim 4 , wherein the profile strip is part of a passenger compartment of the vehicle body.

7. The profile strip according to claim 5 , wherein a sill of the passenger compartment is formed by the profile strip.

8. The profile strip according to claim 6 , wherein a sill of the passenger compartment is formed by the profile strip.

9. The profile strip according to claim 7 , wherein the pultrusion component is configured to cover an entire height of the shell component.

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Schnaufer Thomas
• Koch Andre

Classifications

• B62D27/026

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

• B62D25/025 Primary

  Side sills thereof · CPC title

• B62D29/002

  a foamable synthetic material or metal being added in situ (shaping of substances in a plastic state by foaming, in general B29C44/00) · CPC title

• B62D29/043

  Superstructures (B62D25/161 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B62D21/157

  for side impacts · CPC title