A battery carrier arrangement for an electric vehicle, including a battery tray, the battery tray including a base and a hood placed on the base with a hood base and side walls. The base is produced as a hot-formed and press-hardened component from a sheet steel blank, and the base has frame side walls which project laterally beyond the side walls of the battery tray in one piece and of the same material and which run obliquely upwards in sections in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle.
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
B60L 50/60 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells using power supplied by batteries
A crash management system for a vehicle includes a cross member and two crash absorbing components, wherein the cross member and the two crash absorbing components are made from a single extruded profile which includes at least two profile chambers which extend in longitudinal direction (R) of the single extruded profile. A method for producing such a crash management system is also described.
The disclosure relates to a connection adapter for fastening a chassis component at a vehicle component. The connection adapter may be formed as a hollow-cylindrical sleeve, which may have a cylinder cover surface and a cylinder lateral surface. The cylinder cover surface and the cylinder lateral surface may delimit a sleeve interior of the hollow-cylindrical sleeve. The cylinder lateral surface may be fastenable at the chassis component in a material-bonding manner and/or in a force-fitting manner and/or in a form-fitting manner. A fastening opening may be formed in the cylinder cover surface, through which a fastening means may be guidable in order to fasten the connection adapter at the vehicle component. The hollow cylindrical sleeve may be formed as a one-piece and material-uniform deep-drawn component made of steel.
B62D 21/02 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted comprising longitudinally or transversely arranged frame members
The present disclosure relates to a battery tray for an electric vehicle, manufactured as a hot-formed and press-hardened component from a sheet steel blank, having a base and side walls rising from the base with a flange running around the top of the battery tray and projecting outwards, characterized in that the side walls run on the longitudinal sides of the battery tray and the side walls run on the transverse sides of the battery tray at an angle of greater than 1° relative to a vertical, and in a respective corner region the base of the battery tray merges into a curved surface in such a way that a transition radius of the curved surface to a transverse side wall is formed and a transition radius of the curved surface to a longitudinal side wall is formed.
H01M 50/233 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders characterised by physical properties of casings or racks, e.g. dimensions
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
A battery carrier for an electric vehicle having a battery tray produced as a hot-formed and press-hardened component from a sheet steel plate, having a floor and side walls rising from the floor with a flange encircling the top of the battery tray and projecting outwards. A cooling channel structure is formed integrally in the floor and made from one material, wherein a cover plate is arranged on the floor in the battery tray or a cover plate is arranged underneath the floor of the battery tray in such a way that cooling channels are formed between the cooling channel structure and the cover plate.
H01M 50/242 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders characterised by physical properties of casings or racks, e.g. dimensions adapted for protecting batteries against vibrations, collision impact or swelling
The present invention relates to a battery support arrangement of an electric motor vehicle, having a battery support which is arranged in the underfloor region of the electric motor vehicle, and a front axle support, and a single-shell ramp sheet metal extending in the motor vehicle longitudinal direction is arranged in the transition from the front axle support to the battery support, as a hot molded and press hardened component with a tensile strength Rm greater than 1200 MPa.
H01M 50/242 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders characterised by physical properties of casings or racks, e.g. dimensions adapted for protecting batteries against vibrations, collision impact or swelling
B60K 1/04 - Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units of the electric storage means for propulsion
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
7.
BUMPER HAVING REINFORCEMENT PLATE AND IMPROVED CRASH PROPERTY
The present invention relates to a bumper crossbeam for a motor vehicle, which extends in the motor vehicle transverse direction and has a hollow profile in cross section, in particular a rectangular cross section, wherein a reinforcement plate is inserted in a central longitudinal section. The reinforcement plate is coupled on one side in the motor vehicle longitudinal direction to a front wall or rear wall of the hollow profile and has a distance in the motor vehicle longitudinal direction to the remaining front side or rear side and the front side or rear side in the area of the coupled point has a formation oriented in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle which corresponds to at least 80% of the length of the distance.
A method for the production of a zigzag-shaped protection element formed from multiple individual profiles includes the following steps: providing the individual profiles, welding the individual profiles to form a zigzag-shaped preform of the protection element such as to form at least one weld seam, wherein the individual profiles are welded to each another at an angle of 30° to 120°, inserting the preform into a hot molding tool, molding the preform into the zigzag-shaped protection element in the hot molding tool, and mold hardening of the zigzag-shaped protection element in the hot molding tool.
A molded component has a metallic component body with a mounting opening and a friction structure surrounding the mounting opening. The component body consists of a boron-alloyed steel and is hot molded and press hardened. The friction structure is produced in the press tool during hot molding. In order to produce the component body, a hardenable steel sheet metal or a semi-finished product made of a hardenable steel sheet metal is heated to the molding temperature and molded into the component body in a press tool and press hardened. The mounting opening can be produced before heating to the molding temperature, before hot molding or after press hardening.
A bumper for a motor vehicle has a cross member and two crash boxes. The cross member has an upper leg and a lower leg, which are connected via a web. A crash box has a coupling section on the cross member side, which overlaps the upper leg or the lower leg and is joined thereto. According to the invention, the coupling section has a recess open on its front side. At least one wall section delimiting the recess is welded to the upper leg or the lower leg. An upper front web directed outward is adjacent to the upper leg. A lower front web directed outward is adjacent to the lower leg. In at least one front web, a bead oriented along the vehicle vertical axis can be provided in the area in front of a crash box.
A molded component has a metallic component body with a mounting opening and a friction structure surrounding the mounting opening. The component body consists of a boron-alloyed steel and is hot molded and press-hardened. The friction structure is produced in the press tool during hot molding. The mounting opening is produced timely in parallel in the component body.
A twist beam axle for a motor vehicle, having two trailing arms which are connected by a torsion profile, and the torsion profile is integrally joined at its longitudinal end sections to the trailing arms by a weld seam, and the torsion profile has a relief bead in its respective longitudinal end sections in the area of the weld seam, and the relief bead has a longitudinal extension and is oriented transversely to the course of the weld seam in the direction of its longitudinal extension.
B60G 21/05 - Interconnection systems for two or more resiliently-suspended wheels, e.g. for stabilising a vehicle body with respect to acceleration, deceleration or centrifugal forces permanently interconnected mechanically between wheels on the same axle but on different sides of the vehicle, i.e. the left and right wheel suspensions being interconnected
A battery tray for holding battery elements for providing electrical energy in electrically powered vehicles. The battery tray has a battery pan having a reinforcing structure which is arranged on the outside in front of a side wall of the battery pan. The reinforcement structure has a hollow profile with a first upper leg with a first opening and a second lower leg with a second opening. A sleeve extends between the vertically spaced legs and connects the openings in the legs. A fitting plate covers the first opening in the first leg, wherein the fitting plate has a passage through which the sleeve is guided with a sleeve section.
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
H01M 50/244 - Secondary casingsRacksSuspension devicesCarrying devicesHolders characterised by their mounting method
14.
COOLING PLATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COOLING PLATE
A cooling plate for the battery cooling of a motor vehicle has a plate body including two plate elements, joined together by soldering and at least one cooling channel for the passage of a cooling fluid as well as a stiffening molding. The cooling channel and the stiffening molding are initially formed together continuously during the manufacture of the plate body by forming a channel in a plate element, by internal high pressure forming. In the soldering process, a channel portion of the channel sealed fluid-tight by a closing element in the form of a press soldering joint. This separates the channel into a cooling channel and a stiffening molding.
A subframe for a motor vehicle has a frame body made of shell components and at least one mounting sleeve. Each mounting sleeve has a sleeve body with a longitudinal passage and a sleeve head with a passage opening. According to the present disclosure, the sleeve head is a cold extruded part, wherein the passage opening in the sleeve head is produced in the sleeve head during cold extrusion. The sleeve head is positioned on the front side on the sleeve body.
B62D 21/02 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted comprising longitudinally or transversely arranged frame members
B62D 27/02 - Connections between superstructure sub-units rigid
A twist beam axle has two side arms and a twist profile. The twist profile is joined to a side arm by a weld. At least in the area of the welded joint, the twist profile has a wall with a wall thickness that is greater than the wall thickness of a wall of one side arm. The twist profile has a joining surface at each end section and the side arms each have a joining surface, wherein the twist profile and the side arms are each joined at mutually facing joining surfaces by a weld. The joining surface on the end section of the twist profile has a bevel manufactured without cutting. The joining gap formed between the mutually facing joining surfaces of the end section and the side arm is configured in a V-shape.
B60G 21/05 - Interconnection systems for two or more resiliently-suspended wheels, e.g. for stabilising a vehicle body with respect to acceleration, deceleration or centrifugal forces permanently interconnected mechanically between wheels on the same axle but on different sides of the vehicle, i.e. the left and right wheel suspensions being interconnected
A twist beam axle has two side arms and a torsion profile. The torsion profile is connected to a side arm by a weld seam in each case. At least in the area of the welded connection, the torsion profile has a wall having a wall thickness that is greater than the wall thickness of a wall of a side arm. The torsion profile has a joining surface at each end section and the side arms each have a joining surface, wherein the torsion profile and the side arms are each connected at mutually facing joining surfaces by a weld seam. The joining surface at the end section of the torsion profile has a bevel. The joining gap formed between the mutually facing joining surfaces of the end section and the side arm is configured as V-shaped.
B60G 21/05 - Interconnection systems for two or more resiliently-suspended wheels, e.g. for stabilising a vehicle body with respect to acceleration, deceleration or centrifugal forces permanently interconnected mechanically between wheels on the same axle but on different sides of the vehicle, i.e. the left and right wheel suspensions being interconnected
The disclosure relates to a deformation arrangement for a vehicle, including a bumper cross member and a deformation element connected to the bumper cross member, where the deformation element has a deformation element end at a side facing away from the bumper cross member and a contact element having a first contact element part and a second contact element part, where the contact element has at least one deformable hinge region, which connects the second contact element part to the first contact element part, and where the deformable hinge region is adapted to absorb, in the event of a crash, a force acting on the deformation element and displacing the deformation element at least partially by deforming the deformable hinge region, and thereby causing a displacement and a pivoting of the second contact element part relative to the first contact element part.
B60R 19/34 - Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles comprising yieldable mounting means destroyed upon impact, e.g. one-shot type
B60R 19/03 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects characterised by material, e.g. composite
19.
MOTOR VEHICLE COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
A motor vehicle component has two component parts made of steel with different wall thicknesses, which are arranged at an angle α to one another and are connected by a weld seam. A joining surface at the end portion of the first component part has a bevel produced without cutting. In order to form the bevel, an end portion of an initial blank is formed without cutting. The end portion is then trimmed at the end and an abutment surface is created on the front side of the end portion. The two component parts are positioned relative to each other so that the joining surface of the first component part and the joining surface of the second component part face each other. The material-locking joining of the first component part and the second component part is achieved by a weld seam on the joining surfaces.
B21D 53/88 - Making other particular articles other parts for vehicles, e.g. cowlings, mudguards
B60G 21/05 - Interconnection systems for two or more resiliently-suspended wheels, e.g. for stabilising a vehicle body with respect to acceleration, deceleration or centrifugal forces permanently interconnected mechanically between wheels on the same axle but on different sides of the vehicle, i.e. the left and right wheel suspensions being interconnected
20.
Control arm for a wheel suspension in a motor vehicle
A control arm for a wheel suspension in a motor vehicle has a control arm body made of light metal. The control arm body has two parallel side walls. An elongated hole for an eccentric mount is provided in at least one side wall. The eccentric mount has a base plate with an elongated hole. An anchor body extending on the side of the edge of the elongated hole is provided at the rear of the base plate. At the front, the base plate has two eccentric stops projecting from the base plate. The eccentric mount is inserted with the anchor body into the elongated hole of the side wall and joined by pressing into the elongated hole.
A front wall for a motor vehicle, which has a partition wall to an engine compartment located at the front in the longitudinal direction (x) of the motor vehicle, wherein the partition wall is oriented in the installed state in the vertical direction (z) of the motor vehicle and, connected to it in one piece, has a front region of a footwell metal sheet, wherein the footwell metal sheet runs at least in portions in the longitudinal direction (x) of the motor vehicle, the front wall being produced as a one-piece sheet-metal forming component, in particular in a single press stroke, characterized in that the footwell metal sheet has a greater wall thickness and/or tensile strength than the partition wall.
The present disclosure relates to a rear seat plate of a motor vehicle body, including a rear part of a floor plate and a rear seat support, wherein floor plate and rear seat support are vertically offset in relation to one another in the motor vehicle vertical direction (Z), and a tunnel section is optionally formed in the floor plate, and that floor plate and rear seat support are integrally formed via a connecting section as a sheet-metal formed component, in one press stroke, characterized in that a reinforcing structure is formed, and that different strengths and/or different wall thicknesses from one another are formed in different areas.
B62D 21/15 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
A rear side part of a motor vehicle body, has a C pillar, a D pillar and a wheel housing segment, and is produced as a one piece sheet metal forming part in a press stroke. The C pillar and the D pillar being C-shaped, U-shaped or hat-shaped in cross-section, characterized in that the side part includes adjacent areas with different tensile strengths and/or different wall thicknesses.
B62D 21/15 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body
B62D 25/16 - Mud-guards or wingsWheel cover panels
B62D 29/00 - Superstructures characterised by material thereof
The present disclosure relates to an underbody plate of a motor vehicle having a planar floor and a formation in the form of at least one flange on each of two opposite longitudinal sides in the motor vehicle transverse direction, and the underbody plate extends between a front axle and a rear axle of a motor vehicle, wherein the underbody plate is hot-formed and pressed-hardened as a one-piece plate formed component in one press stroke, wherein areas having tensile strength Rm and/or wall thickness different from one another are formed, characterized in that an outwardly protruding flange is provided having screw holes as screwing-on points on a motor vehicle body and that the flange is made soft having a tensile strength Rm less than 1000 MPa.
B62D 21/15 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body
B21D 53/88 - Making other particular articles other parts for vehicles, e.g. cowlings, mudguards
H01M 50/242 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders characterised by physical properties of casings or racks, e.g. dimensions adapted for protecting batteries against vibrations, collision impact or swelling
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
A vehicle floor sheet metal arrangement with a vehicle floor sheet metal as a component of a motor vehicle body, which has a flat floor region and a deformation on two opposite longitudinal sides and two opposite end sides, such that a vehicle floor sheet metal is formed that is arranged between two sills. In the flat floor region, at least one downward-facing molded recess is formed in the vertical direction (Z) of the motor vehicle, and the vehicle floor sheet metal is manufactured in one piece in a single press stroke, with regions of mutually different wall thickness and/or mutually different tensile strength Rm.
B62D 21/10 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted in which the main member is plate-like
B60K 1/04 - Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units of the electric storage means for propulsion
B62D 21/15 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle floor sheet metal arrangement with a vehicle floor sheet metal as a component of a motor vehicle body having a flat floor and, on two opposite longitudinal sides and two opposite end sides, a downward deformation in relation to the vertical direction of the motor vehicle, such that a hood-like body is formed by the vehicle floor sheet metal, characterized in that the vehicle floor sheet metal is produced in one piece from a sheet-metal blank in one press stroke, and in that the vehicle floor sheet metal closes a battery box at the top in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle, the vehicle floor sheet metal optionally having regions with different tensile strength and/or different wall thickness.
B62D 29/00 - Superstructures characterised by material thereof
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
The present disclosure relates to a floor frame for a motor vehicle body, having at least one, two longitudinal members which extend in the longitudinal direction (X) of the motor vehicle and at least two cross members which extend in the transverse direction (Y) of the motor vehicle, wherein the cross members and longitudinal members have a profiled cross-section, characterized in that the floor frame is produced from a one-piece tailored blank in one press stroke and the floor frame has connection holes for a battery support and in that the cross member has a lower tensile strength Rm and/or wall thickness in its end regions relative to the central region of the cross member.
B60K 1/04 - Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units of the electric storage means for propulsion
B62D 21/03 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted comprising longitudinally or transversely arranged frame members transverse members providing body support
28.
CRASH BOX FOR A BUMPER ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND A BUMPER ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH TWO SUCH CRASH BOXES AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A BUMPER ARRANGEMENT
A crash box for a bumper arrangement of a motor vehicle. The crash box includes at least one outer hollow chamber, at least one inner hollow chamber, a vehicle-side end portion, and a bumper-side front portion. The at least one outer hollow chamber is connected to the at least one inner hollow chamber to form a closed multi-chamber profile in the vehicle-side end portion. The at least one outer hollow chamber is separated and spaced apart from the at least one inner hollow chamber in the bumper-side front portion. In the vehicle-side end portion, the at least one outer hollow chamber and the at least one inner hollow chamber each have a partition which delimits the at least one outer hollow chamber and the at least one inner hollow chamber on an inner side.
A window and/or roof frame for an automobile, which has at least two bows running transversely to a direction of travel and at least two longitudinal members, wherein the window and/or roof frame is produced as a one-piece sheet metal formed component from a single blank in one press stroke. Different wall thicknesses and/or strengths are formed locally, wherein the wall thicknesses or tensile strengths differ by at least 10%.
The invention relates to a battery tray for holding battery elements for providing electrical energy in electrically driven vehicles. The battery tray has a battery pan having a reinforcing structure which is arranged on the outside in front of a side wall of the battery pan. The reinforcing structure comprises an outer profile which is configured as U-shaped in cross-section with a web and two legs as well as an opening. The outer profile is directed with the opening towards the battery pan and is connected to the battery pan using the legs. In the longitudinal direction (LR) of the outer profile, multiple sleeves are provided at a distance from one another, wherein a sleeve extends between the legs and connects openings in the legs.
H01M 50/242 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders characterised by physical properties of casings or racks, e.g. dimensions adapted for protecting batteries against vibrations, collision impact or swelling
H01M 50/244 - Secondary casingsRacksSuspension devicesCarrying devicesHolders characterised by their mounting method
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
31.
METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PROTECTIVE ELEMENT, FORMED OF A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL PROFILES, FOR ARMORING A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND PROTECTIVE ELEMENT PRODUCED BY THE METHOD
A method for producing a protective element which is formed of individual profiles for armoring a motor vehicle. The method includes providing the individual profiles from a same steel alloy or from different steel alloys, welding the individual profiles to provide a preform, heating the preform to a temperature which is higher than an austenitizing temperature of the steel alloy or, if the individual profiles are provided from different steel alloys, to a temperature of the steel alloy having a highest austenitizing temperature, inserting the preform into a hot-forming mold, subjecting the preform to a final shaping in the hot-forming mold to provide the protective element, and hardening the protective element in the hot-forming mold. The welding is performed with a formation of at least two weld seams. A first weld seam is thereby located further away from a strike-facing side of the individual profiles than a second well seam.
A battery tray for holding battery elements for providing electrical energy in electrically powered vehicles. The battery tray has a battery pan with a reinforcing structure which is arranged on the outside in front of a side wall of the battery pan. The reinforcing structure includes an inner profile and an outer profile, wherein the inner profile 5 has a U-shaped cross-section with a web and two legs as well as an opening, wherein the legs of the inner profile face away from the battery pan and the opening of the inner profile is closed at least in length by the outer profile.
H01M 50/242 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders characterised by physical properties of casings or racks, e.g. dimensions adapted for protecting batteries against vibrations, collision impact or swelling
B60L 50/64 - Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
33.
TEMPERATURE CONTROL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A TEMPERATURE CONTROL ARRANGEMENT
A temperature control arrangement includes a battery housing for accommodating battery modules for an electrically powered vehicle, and a temperature control plate which includes a fluid channel having a channel opening and which includes a connection opening. The temperature control is welded circumferentially to the battery housing via a first weld seam which is located on a side of the temperature control plate facing away from the battery housing. A cap is welded to the temperature control plate in a fluid-tight manner via a second weld seam such that the first weld seam and the second weld seam intersect. The cap partially covers the first weld seam and includes an overflow channel to connect the channel opening and the connection opening in a fluid-conducting manner, with the temperature control plate and the cap lying opposite to one another at least in one section in the overflow channel.
H01M 10/6556 - Solid parts with flow channel passages or pipes for heat exchange
B60L 50/64 - Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
B60L 58/24 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries for controlling the temperature of batteries
H01M 10/617 - Types of temperature control for achieving uniformity or desired distribution of temperature
A method for manufacturing a motor vehicle structural component from an extruded multichamber hollow profile. The method includes providing an extruded profile with at least two precursor hollow chambers which are separated from one another by an inner wall, wherein in at least one outer wall of at least one precursor hollow chamber in cross-section perpendicularly to a longitudinal extent of the extruded profile has a region with non-linear course. The extruded profile is formed in at least one of its end regions into the motor vehicle structural component, wherein at least the region with non-linear course of the at least one outer wall of the at least one precursor hollow chamber, with non-linear course in cross-section, is at least partially straightened, with a change in cross-section of the respective precursor hollow chamber into the cross-section of the corresponding hollow chamber of the motor vehicle structural component.
A bumper for a motor vehicle has a cross member with a central longitudinal portion and end portions. The cross member has a shell body with a front closing plate. The shell body is configured with a U-shaped cross section with a rear wall and an upper leg and a lower leg. In the central longitudinal portion the shell body has an outwardly directed upper front web adjoining the upper leg and an outwardly directed lower front web adjoining the lower leg. In the central longitudinal portion, the closing plate rests on the front side of the front webs and is joined thereto. In at least one end portion, the closing plate has a frame portion pointing towards the rear wall of the shell body, which frame portion rests in the end portion on an upper leg or a lower leg of the shell body and is joined thereto.
B60R 19/18 - Means within the bumper to absorb impact
B60R 19/03 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects characterised by material, e.g. composite
36.
HEAT EXCHANGER PLATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEAT EXCHANGER PLATE
A cooling plate for battery cooling has a plate body formed from two plate elements and a connecting piece for a cooling fluid. The connecting piece has a connection section which is joined in a receiving section of the plate body formed between the plate elements. The connection section has two arcuate wall sections in cross section and two opposing, outwardly directed longitudinal webs. The receiving section has longitudinal grooves extending between the plate elements in the area of the joining plane. The longitudinal webs run in the longitudinal grooves.
A heat exchanger plate which has a plate body formed from at least two plate elements and at least one connecting piece for a cooling fluid. Plate body and connecting piece are joined together using soldering. The connecting piece has a joining portion which is joined in a receiving portion of the plate body formed between the plate elements. A solder resist limits the flow of solder when producing the solder connection. The solder resist is able to be formed by a sealing metal, which is arranged on the joining portion of the connecting piece in front of and/behind a solder material applied to the joining portion. The solder resist is able to be formed by an annular bead resting on the end face of the receiving portion.
The present disclosure relates to a hollow shaft for an electric motor, which has a hollow cylindrical shaft body, wherein the shaft body has at least two rotationally symmetrical hollow components, which are positioned one inside the other and joined together using soldering, wherein a first hollow component has a central through opening having an inner diameter and a further hollow component is inserted in the first hollow component, wherein the further hollow component is joined to the inner circumference of the through opening of the first hollow component while bearing thereon.
A heat exchanger plate which has a plate body formed from at least two plate elements and at least one connecting piece for a cooling fluid. The plate body and connecting piece are joined together using soldering. The connecting piece has a joining portion which is joined in a receiving portion of the plate body formed between the plate elements. A solder resist limits the flow of solder when producing the solder connection. The solder resist is able to be formed by a sealing metal, which is arranged on the joining portion of the connecting piece in front of and/behind a solder material applied to the joining portion. The solder resist is able to be formed by an annular bead resting on the end face of the receiving portion.
The disclosure relates to a method for producing a battery carrier for an electric battery module of a vehicle configured to electrically operate, the method may include: providing a material blank with a blank region; providing a heat exchanger structure in the blank region, that comprises hollow channels that are inseparably connected to the material blank, wherein the hollow channels are provided to regulate a temperature of the electric battery module using a fluid; and forming the material blank into a support tray with a tray base configured to support the electric battery module and with sidewalls that delimit the tray base at the sides of the tray base, wherein the tray base is developed from the blank region.
B60L 58/26 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries for controlling the temperature of batteries by cooling
B21D 22/26 - Deep-drawing for making peculiarly, e.g. irregularly, shaped articles
B60L 50/60 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells using power supplied by batteries
H01M 10/6556 - Solid parts with flow channel passages or pipes for heat exchange
H01M 50/231 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders characterised by the material of the casings or racks having a layered structure
The present disclosure relates to a bumper assembly which is coupled to a motor vehicle via crash boxes, comprising a cross member which has, in cross section, a profiled front wall and a profiled rear wall, wherein an unwinding length of the front wall in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle is less than 20%, less than 15% and less than 10% smaller in relation to an unwinding length of the rear wall, but at least both unwinding lengths are equal, and the unwinding length of the front wall is at least more than 1% smaller than the unwinding length of the rear wall.
The present disclosure relates to a chassis component having a base body, wherein the base body has an opening for passing through a fastening means and two guide elements for guiding an eccentric element are arranged on opposite sides of the opening, wherein the guide elements are formed in one piece and using the same material of the base body of the chassis component by mechanical processing and each have a back side and a contact side facing the opening, wherein the contact side is formed orthogonally to the base body. According to the present disclosure, an outer transition region with a radius is formed between the respective contact sides and the base body. The present disclosure further relates to a method for producing a chassis component.
A spring link includes a link body which includes two side wall profiles which are parallel to one another at a distance and which are connected by a spring seat plate extending transversely from one side wall profile to the other side wall profile. Each side wall profile includes a side web having an outwardly directed upper collar section which extends in the longitudinal direction of the side web. The spring seat plate rests with a lateral longitudinal edge section on an upper collar section and is joined to the upper collar section. The side wall profiles of the link body are mirror-symmetrical to one another. The lower side of the link body opposite to the spring seat plate is open.
B60G 11/14 - Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of springs having helical, spiral, or coil springs only
B60G 11/16 - Resilient suspensions characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of springs having helical, spiral, or coil springs only characterised by means specially adapted for attaching the spring to axle or sprung part of the vehicle
The disclosure relates to a battery holder for receiving a plurality of battery cells or battery modules in an electrically driven vehicle, with a one-piece, uniform-material receiving tray for receiving the plurality of battery cells or battery modules, the receiving tray having a base plate and an outer wall which is arranged circumferentially around the base plate, the outer wall delimiting a tray interior of the receiving tray, an outer reinforcement, the outer reinforcement having a first reinforcement region, which is arranged on a lateral side of the outer wall facing away from the tray interior of the receiving tray and is connected to the outer wall, and wherein the outer reinforcement having a second reinforcing region, which is arranged on a side of the first reinforcing region facing away from the tray interior of the receiving tray and is connected to the first reinforcing region.
A method of making a motor vehicle component by hot-forming, hot-cutting, and press-hardening a plate made of a hardenable steel sheet alloy, heating to a temperature greater than Ac1, inserting in a combined forming and cutting tool, fixing the inserted plate in the forming and cutting tool using a stamp which is arranged in the inner region of the tool, at least partially circumferential edge cutting before beginning the forming operation or during a time period of up to 50% of the forming progression and/or at least 20% of the press stroke prior to the bottom dead center position, and hot-forming in a press stroke with the edge cut and optional press-hardening.
A bumper assembly for a motor vehicle has a cross member and crash boxes. The cross member has a front side open profile with a rear wall and an upper leg and a lower leg. Furthermore, a tow bushing is provided. The tow bushing is able to be arranged above the upper leg or below the lower leg and is able to be arranged laterally offset next to a crash box.
A bumper arrangement, is coupled to a motor vehicle via crash boxes, having a main crossmember and an auxiliary crossmember which is below the main crossmember in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle, wherein the main crossmember and the auxiliary crossmember are connected to one another in their end region, wherein a connecting part is in the form of an extruded profile which in lengthwise portions extends with an orientation in the transverse direction Y of the motor vehicle as extension of the main crossmember and/or the auxiliary crossmember and in lengthwise portions is oriented in the vertical direction Z of the motor vehicle by way of a bending operation.
B60R 19/04 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects formed from more than one section
B60R 19/18 - Means within the bumper to absorb impact
B60R 19/34 - Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles comprising yieldable mounting means destroyed upon impact, e.g. one-shot type
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BUMPER ARRANGEMENT HAVING A CROSSMEMBER AND CRASH BOXES
A bumper arrangement, having a crossmember which is coupled via crash boxes to a motor vehicle, the crossmember having end regions, which project laterally beyond the crash boxes in the motor vehicle transverse direction, and attaching regions, in which the crash boxes are coupled to the crossmember, the crossmember being configured in cross section as a closed hollow profile, wherein a first slot which extends in the motor vehicle transverse direction is configured at least in longitudinal portions in the attaching region of a crash box in an upper wall, lower wall or a central bar of the crossmember, an outer end of the upper wall, lower wall and/or central bar being configured in one piece and from the same material continuously in the motor vehicle longitudinal direction.
A chassis component having a receptacle for an elastomer bearing(s), the receptacle has a first cylinder section and a second cylinder section. The first cylinder section is formed by a rim hole and the second cylinder section is formed by a sleeve. The chassis component is formed from a first and a second sheet metal shell, and the sleeve is joined materially to the second sheet metal shell.
B62D 21/11 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted with resilient means for suspension
B62D 21/15 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body
50.
Crash box for a bumper arrangement of a motor vehicle, and crash management system having two crash boxes
The invention relates to a crash box (1) for a bumper arrangement (2) of a motor vehicle, having at least two closed hollow chambers (5, 6, 7) which are formed over their entire longitudinal extent from a bumper-side end (3) as far as a vehicle-side end (4) and which are in each case separated from one another by a partition (10, 11) running between an outer wall (8) and an inner wall (9) of the crash box (1). The invention is distinguished in that the partition (10, 11) is provided with a slot (13) at its vehicle-side end (4) in its half (12) directed toward the inner wall (9) of the crash box (1).
A chassis link has a link body, a ball joint socket being arranged at one link end of the link body. The ball joint socket has a cylindrical portion and an outwardly directed flange which is formed from the same material as and in one piece with the cylindrical portion. The ball joint socket is joined by way of the flange to a first web of the link body. A second lower web of the link body is joined to the cylindrical portion.
A hot-forming die has a heatable lower die and a heatable upper die. The lower die and the upper die have spacer elements to permit flexing. A plate stack including two plate elements is inside the hot-forming die. The plate stack is on the spacer elements in the lower die. The lower die and the upper die are displaced relative to each other when the hot-forming die is closed. The spacer elements of the upper die come into contact with the plate stack. As the closing movement continues, the spacer elements, are displaced into the lower die and the upper die, respectively, and the plate stack is clamped between the lower die and the upper die. The plate stack is then heated by the lower die and the upper die and an internal pressure is applied to an intermediate space between the plate elements by feeding in an active medium.
b) forming of the extruded profile (2) in at least one of its end regions into the motor vehicle structural component (1), wherein at least the region (16) with non-linear course of the at least one outer wall (3, 4) of the at least one precursor hollow chamber (8, 9), with non-linear course in cross-section, is at least partially straightened, with a change in cross-section of the respective precursor hollow chamber (8, 9) into the cross-section of the corresponding hollow chamber (14, 15) of the motor vehicle structural component (1).
The present invention relates to a bumper crossmember 2 for a motor vehicle, which bumper crossmember 2 extends in the motor vehicle transverse direction and has a hollow profile in cross section, which hollow profile has, in particular, a rectangular cross section. A reinforcing plate 5 is inserted in a middle length portion, the depth T of the reinforcing plate 5 decreasing in the motor vehicle longitudinal direction X toward the ends of the reinforcing plate 5.
B60R 19/18 - Means within the bumper to absorb impact
55.
FURNACE ROLLER, ROLLER HEARTH FURNACE, USE OF THE FURNACE ROLLER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF A HOT-FORMED AND AT LEAST PARTLY PRESS-HARDENED VEHICLE COMPONENT
A furnace roller for a roller hearth furnace has a hollow cylindrical ceramic roller body having an outer oxidic coating. The roller body has outer longitudinal fins and longitudinal grooves that run in linear longitudinal direction of the roller body. The configuration reduces the contact area between the roller body and the blanks to be transported. The furnace rollers are suitable for use in roller furnaces in hot forming lines for the press hardening of AlSi-coated steel blanks.
F27B 9/24 - Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity characterised by the path of the charge during treatmentFurnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity characterised by the means by which the charge is moved during treatment the charge moving in a substantially straight path being carried by a conveyor
A vehicle door includes a window frame and a lower surface portion formed jointly with the window frame in one piece from a hot formed and press hardened sheet metal plate which is made of a steel alloy which includes, in weight-%: Carbon 0.33-0.38, Silicon 0.2-0.7, Manganese 0.7-1.2, Phosphorus max. 0.03, Sulfur max. 0.02, Boron 0.002-0.005, Chromium 0.6-1.0, Copper max. 0.12, Nitrogen max. 0.005, Titanium 0.015-0.025, Nickel 1.5-2.0, Molybdenum 0.2-0.6, Tin max. 0.04, and as optional components Aluminum 0.006-0.08, Niobium 0.02-0.05, with a balance being iron and incidental impurities. At least the lower surface portion has a Brinell hardness of 500 to 600 HB and a yield strength of 1,200 to 1,450 MPa, wherein the lower surface portion and/or the window frame has a wall thickness of at least 6 mm.
A bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle has a crossmember and crash boxes which are arranged in each case at the end of the crossmember, and also outer end modules. Each end module has a shell body and a shield which covers the front side of the shell body at least in certain regions, wherein the shell body is joined to a crash box, and an end of the crossmember is joined to a respective shell body. The bumper arrangement has a functionally high energy absorption capacity with a modularized design.
An exhaust gas treatment device for arranging in an exhaust gas section of a motor vehicle that includes a heating disk which is assigned to an exhaust gas aftertreatment component. The heating disk is configured by way of a flat heating element and a holder which is coupled to the former. The holder extends over the cross-sectional area of the heating element, and the holder itself is of disk-shaped configuration. The inner face of the heating disk is configured by way of arcuate spokes which are coupled irregularly to one another.
F01N 3/20 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust characterised by methods of operationControl specially adapted for catalytic conversion
B01D 53/94 - Chemical or biological purification of waste gases of engine exhaust gases by catalytic processes
F01N 3/027 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for cooling, or for removing solid constituents of, exhaust by means of filters using means for regenerating the filters, e.g. by burning trapped particles using electric or magnetic heating
F01N 13/18 - Construction facilitating manufacture, assembly or disassembly
H05B 3/06 - Heater elements structurally combined with coupling elements or with holders
B01D 47/02 - Separating dispersed particles from gases, air or vapours by liquid as separating agent by passing the gas or air or vapour over or through a liquid bath
59.
Holder for an electric heating element in an exhaust-gas aftertreatment device
An exhaust-gas treatment device for arrangement in an exhaust system of a motor vehicle, having a heating element, which is assigned to an exhaust-gas aftertreatment component, for example, a catalytic converter. The heating element is formed by a heating conductor and by a holder coupled to said heating conductor, wherein the holder extends over the cross-sectional area of the heating element, and the holder is formed by a lattice-like structure, wherein the lattice-like structure is formed by arcuate spokes which are coupled to one another in an irregular manner, wherein the heating conductor and the holder have a basin-like configuration as viewed in longitudinal section in an exhaust-gas flow direction.
F01N 3/20 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust characterised by methods of operationControl specially adapted for catalytic conversion
A bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle, having an upper main crossmember, which is able to be coupled to the motor vehicle by way of crash boxes, and a lower auxiliary crossmember, wherein main crossmember and auxiliary crossmember are coupled to one another by way of vertical struts. The main crossmember and the auxiliary crossmember run so as to be curved about the vertical axis at least in certain portions, wherein main crossmember and auxiliary crossmember have different radii of curvature from one another, and/or in that the auxiliary crossmember is set back with respect to the main crossmember in a motor vehicle longitudinal direction in the direction directed toward the motor vehicle, and/or in that the auxiliary crossmember has a central portion which is offset in relation to the vertical direction.
B60R 19/12 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects formed from more than one section vertically spaced
B60R 19/02 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects
B60R 19/34 - Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles comprising yieldable mounting means destroyed upon impact, e.g. one-shot type
A bumper arrangement relating to a motor vehicle, having an upper main crossmember, which is able to be coupled to the motor vehicle by way of crash boxes, and a lower auxiliary crossmember wherein the main crossmember and the auxiliary crossmember are coupled to one another by way of vertical struts, wherein the bumper arrangement extends over at least 70% of the vehicle width, and in that the main crossmember and the auxiliary crossmember have end portions which protrude laterally in the motor vehicle transverse direction with respect to the crash boxes. A vertically oriented hollow profile is arranged in an outer portion of the end region.
B60R 19/18 - Means within the bumper to absorb impact
B60R 19/12 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects formed from more than one section vertically spaced
B60R 19/34 - Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles comprising yieldable mounting means destroyed upon impact, e.g. one-shot type
A bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle, having an upper main cross member, which is able to be coupled via crash boxes to the motor vehicle, and a lower auxiliary cross member, wherein the main cross member and auxiliary cross member are coupled together via vertical struts. The main cross member and/or the auxiliary cross member and/or the vertical element are supported on the crash box and/or on a longitudinal member via at least one additional support element oriented in the direction of the motor vehicle, wherein the support element is configured in one piece and in a single material with the main cross member or the auxiliary cross member or the vertical element.
B60R 19/18 - Means within the bumper to absorb impact
B60R 19/03 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects characterised by material, e.g. composite
B60R 19/34 - Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles comprising yieldable mounting means destroyed upon impact, e.g. one-shot type
63.
Bumper cross member for a motor vehicle and method for the production of a bumper cross member
A bumper cross member for a motor vehicle is produced from an extruded hollow profile and has a front side forming an impact side, a rear side in opposition to the front side, end zones configured for connection to the motor vehicle, a central zone extending between the end zones and bent toward the impact side, and top and bottom sides connecting the rear side with the front side. Each of the top and bottom sides has a projecting flange which is separated from the rear side by a separation cut configured to end shy of the end zones so that the flanges are connected with the bumper cross member in the end zones.
The invention relates to an energy absorption device for a bumper arrangement of a motor vehicle having at least one closed hollow chamber which is configured over its entire longitudinal extent from a bumper-side end to a vehicle-side end, wherein at least one support element is arranged on an outer wall for support on a bumper of a motor vehicle. The invention is characterized in that two support elements are arranged on the outer wall for support on a bumper of a motor vehicle, said support elements being connected together by means of a connecting web over their entire longitudinal extent which faces away from the at least one hollow chamber and which is shorter than the longitudinal extent of the device, wherein the two support elements and the connecting web together with the outer wall form a further hollow chamber extending in the longitudinal extent of the device.
A bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle has a crossmember which can be coupled to the motor vehicle via crash boxes and is produced as a press-formed component of the same material and in one piece therewith, with a top-hat-shaped cross section. The crossmember is designed in a respective end region to run with an orientation obliquely downwards with respect to the vertical direction of the motor vehicle, and the end region is of ring-shaped design.
A bumper arrangement for a motor vehicle, having a crossmember which is able to be coupled to a motor vehicle by means of crash boxes. The crossmember is designed as a hollow profile which is open on one side. An opening of the hollow profile faces forwards. The crossmember is designed in its end portions to run with an orientation obliquely downwards with respect to the vertical direction.
A method and a device for adjusting the temperature of steel blanks, such that a plurality of temperature-adjusting stations are used in order to heat the steel blanks in stages with low temperature gradients.
A plate heat exchanger has two metal plates brought into abutment, with a solder material between the plates. The plates are heated up to a first temperature. The plates are placed into a mold, the mold surfaces of which have cavities for envisaged channel structures. Channel structures are formed by local internal pressure forming of at least one plate under pressurization by the tool. The plates are heated up to a second temperature. The plates are solder bonded at the abuted surfaces. A plate heat exchanger has two metal plates, wherein channel structures have been formed in at least one plate and the plates are bonded to one another by soldering away from the channel structures. Eutectic microstructures having a longest extent of less than 50 micrometers are formed in the solder layer.
B23K 1/00 - Soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering
F28D 9/00 - Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary plate-like or laminated conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall
F28F 21/08 - Constructions of heat-exchange apparatus characterised by the selection of particular materials of metal
B23P 15/26 - Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass heat exchangers
F28F 3/08 - Elements constructed for building-up into stacks, e.g. capable of being taken apart for cleaning
F28F 9/00 - CasingsHeader boxesAuxiliary supports for elementsAuxiliary members within casings
A vehicle component for a vehicle has a component body which extends longitudinally in a longitudinal direction, wherein the component body has deformation zones which are spatially distributed in the longitudinal direction and are formed in the component body of sheet metal material. At least two locally distributed and spaced-apart deformation zones have different tensile strengths configured to influence a deformation course of the component body upon a force acting on the component body.
B60R 19/03 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects characterised by material, e.g. composite
B60R 19/02 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects
B60R 19/18 - Means within the bumper to absorb impact
B62D 21/15 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body
70.
Method for calibrating a metal profile blank which is configured as a hollow-chamber profile and which has at least one solid wall
A method for calibrating a metal profile blank configured as a hollow-chamber profile having at least one solid wall. A pressing tool is closed in a main direction about one end region of an element of the profile blank until surfaces of the pressing tool lie against a pair of surfaces of the profile blank to be calibrated, deforming and bending the at least one end region of the element. The pressing tool is closed in a secondary direction perpendicular to the main direction until surfaces of the pressing tool lie against surfaces of the at least one end region, and wedge-like limbs of a drive element of the pressing tool engage wedge-like dies of the pressing tool. The pressing tool is closed further in the secondary direction, subjecting the profile blank to plastic deformation so as to reduce or eliminate the bending of the end region.
B21D 3/10 - Straightening or restoring form of metal rods, metal tubes, metal profiles, or specific articles made therefrom, whether or not in combination with sheet metal parts between rams and anvils or abutments
B21D 5/00 - Bending sheet metal along straight lines, e.g. to form simple curves
The disclosure relates to an elongate link arm member of a support link arm. A ball joint socket is disposed on a first longitudinal and of the link arm member. The link arm member in a sheet-metal shell construction mode is formed from sheet metal and has a cavity portion. The ball joint socket is a forging or casting from metal and possesses a fastening appendage which is configured in a materially integral manner so as to be in one piece with said ball joint socket. The ball joint socket by way of the fastening appendage engages in the cavity portion of the link arm member and is joined to the link arm member.
A bumper arrangement includes a cross member and two deformation elements for arrangement between end regions of the cross member and longitudinal members of a motor vehicle. The cross member is hollow with a front and rear walls and upper and lower walls. The front wall has a depression extending in longitudinal direction of the cross member. The depression has a deepest region extending at a distance from the rear wall. The upper and lower walls of the cross member each have in the end regions a further depression which extends in longitudinal direction of the cross member, so that the upper wall and the lower wall are more corrugated in the end regions than in a central region of the cross member, so that the distance between the front wall and the rear wall in the end regions is smaller than in a central region of the cross member.
An electric heating device in an exhaust gas system, the device having an outer circumferential, circular, housing, wherein a rib structure is arranged in the housing. The rib structure can be heated by applying an electric current. The rib structure is arranged with rib rows parallel to one another in the housing, wherein the parallel-arranged rib rows are arranged such that they are electrically connected to one another in series or in parallel.
B01J 19/00 - Chemical, physical or physico-chemical processes in generalTheir relevant apparatus
F28F 3/04 - Elements or assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with recesses, with corrugations the means being integral with the element
H05B 3/32 - Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater non-flexible heating conductor mounted on insulators on a metallic frame
74.
Battery carrier composed of lightweight metal profiles with calibrated ends, and method for the production thereof
A battery carrier for an electric vehicle that has a trough with a frame and/or struts running in the trough. The frame and/or the struts are produced from hollow profiles, such as extruded lightweight metal profiles, which are connected by means of materially bonded joining. At least one lightweight metal profile has been geometrically calibrated at one end portion, which has a chamfer on a top side, wherein the thermal joining seam is arranged in the chamfer.
B60L 50/64 - Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
B60L 50/60 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells using power supplied by batteries
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
H01M 50/244 - Secondary casingsRacksSuspension devicesCarrying devicesHolders characterised by their mounting method
B62D 29/00 - Superstructures characterised by material thereof
In a method for producing a multilayered heat shield, which has a first metal layer and a second metal layer that has an insulating layer arranged between the metal layers, the metal layers are connected at the edge by a flanging. To produce the heat shield, the first metal layer, the insulating layer and the second metal layer are placed into a first pressing tool. This is effected in such a way that an edge portion of the first metal layer protrudes beyond an edge portion of the second metal layer. The insulating layer is set back from the edge portions of the first metal layer and of the second metal layer.
B21D 53/04 - Making other particular articles heat exchangers, e.g. radiators, condensers of sheet metal
B23P 15/26 - Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass heat exchangers
B32B 3/04 - Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by features of form at particular places, e.g. in edge regions characterised by a layer folded at the edge, e.g. over another layer
B32B 3/06 - Layered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by features of form at particular places, e.g. in edge regions for securing layers togetherLayered products comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar shapeLayered products comprising a layer having particular features of form characterised by features of form at particular places, e.g. in edge regions for attaching the product to another member, e.g. to a support
B32B 7/08 - Interconnection of layers by mechanical means
B32B 37/10 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by the pressing technique, e.g. using direct action of vacuum or fluid pressure
B32B 37/18 - Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding characterised by the properties of the layers with all layers existing as coherent layers before laminating involving the assembly of discrete sheets or panels only
B21D 39/02 - Application of procedures in order to connect objects or parts, e.g. coating with sheet metal otherwise than by platingTube expanders of sheet metal by folding, e.g. connecting edges of a sheet to form a cylinder
76.
Method for producing a battery carrier and battery carrier
In order to produce a battery carrier which has a battery tray with a cooling plate, a tray plate and a cooling plate are joined to one another, wherein the cooling plate has at least one preshaped cooling duct. The tray plate jointly with the cooling plate is then formed by folding to produce the battery tray. During the folding of the tray plate and the cooling plate, a cooling duct section is bent around a bottom edge of the battery tray. The cooling duct is provided with connection elements via which a cooling fluid is supplied and discharged. During the course of the finishing, end shape-producing shaping of the cooling duct can also be performed. Internal pressure is applied to the cooling duct in order to restore the shape of the cooling duct which collapsed due to the forming.
The invention relates to a motor vehicle component 1, in particular a B pillar and similar shaped components. The motor vehicle component 1 has a shaped, in particular hot-formed or cold-formed, base member 2 of sheet steel. The base member 2 has a surface portion 3 which is provided with holes 7. According to the invention, the surface portion 3 has a tensile strength Rm greater than or equal to (≥) 1250 MPa. A hole pattern 6 which comprises at least three holes 7 forms a deformation influence zone 8 in the surface portion 3. The surface portion of the holes 7 in the surface portion 3 is between 7% and 60% and the holes 7 have a diameter d of up to 30p mm.
B62D 21/15 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body
A motor vehicle bumper that has a transverse carrier which can be secured transversely relative to the longitudinal carriers of the motor vehicle by crash boxes. The transverse carrier has a shell member which is open toward the front side and which has a rear wall and two outer members which are both adjoined at the end side by an outwardly directed longitudinal flange. The shell member has a central longitudinal portion which is adjoined in the direction toward the two ends of the transverse carrier by a transition portion, an intermediate portion, a crash box connection portion and an end portion. The shell member is closed at least over the majority of the length thereof by a closure plate which forms the front side. In the transition portions, the shell member has a minimum depth which is less than the maximum depth in the central longitudinal portion.
B60J 7/00 - Non-fixed roofsRoofs with movable panels
B60R 19/34 - Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles comprising yieldable mounting means destroyed upon impact, e.g. one-shot type
B60R 19/12 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects formed from more than one section vertically spaced
A continuous furnace for the heat treatment of steel sheets, such as hot forming and press hardening, wherein two zones with mutually different temperatures are formed in the furnace, and a separating wall is present between the two zones. A gap is present in the closed state between the steel sheet and the separating wall and a surface cooling nozzle is in the form of a tube, wherein the surface cooling nozzle has outlet openings pointing downwards in the vertical direction and the surface cooling nozzle is arranged in the direction towards a relatively cooler zone.
C21D 9/46 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articlesFurnaces therefor for sheet metals
C21D 8/02 - Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of plates or strips
C21D 1/18 - HardeningQuenching with or without subsequent tempering
C21D 1/667 - Quenching devices for spray quenching
F27B 9/12 - Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity with special arrangements for preheating or cooling the charge
F27B 9/28 - Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity for treating continuous lengths of work
80.
Suspension strut fork and method for producing a suspension strut fork
A suspension strut fork that has an upper portion which is constructed in an integral, materially uniform manner in the form of a suspension strut receiving member. Members and fork arms protrude therefrom in an integral, materially uniform manner. A gap is provided between the members. Via this gap, the members can be moved toward each other so that a resilient and/or damper element which is arranged in the suspension strut receiving member is securely clamped.
B23P 13/04 - Making metal objects by operations essentially involving machining but not covered by a single other subclass involving slicing of profiled material
A fuel distributor which has a pressure accumulator pipe for receiving pressurized fuel where the pressure accumulator pipe has a forged main body with a longitudinal cavity. At least one connector flange is configured in one piece from the same material on the main body. The connector flange has an injector connector with a connecting duct to the longitudinal cavity. A cup-shaped injector receptacle is joined to the injector connector. The injector receptacle is a single-piece deep-drawn part or a single-piece extruded part or a single-piece turn-milled part, and is connected to the injector connector by way of a fuel-tight join, or by way of brazing technology.
An automotive component is produced by hot forming and press hardening a hardenable steel alloy having a tensile strength of at least 1700 MPa. The hardenable steel alloy, in addition to a balance made up of iron and melting-related impurities, has the following alloy elements carbon, niobium, and titanium. The automotive component is coated by a thermal coating process.
A fuel distributor which has a pressure accumulator rail for receiving pressurized fuel. The pressure accumulator rail has a forged base body. Mounting supports are joined to the base body by substance bonding. A mounting support is formed by two metal brackets each configured as a sheet-metal formed part. Each metal bracket has a holding portion adapted to the outer contour of the base body, a leg angled relative to the holding portion, and a mounting flange on the free end of the leg and angled away therefrom. A length portion of the base body is received between the holding portions. The holding portions partially surround the base body. The base body and the holding portions are joined by substance bonding. The legs of the two metal brackets lie next to each other at least in regions and are also joined together by substance bonding.
F02M 69/46 - Details, component parts or accessories not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus covered by groups
F02M 63/02 - Fuel-injection apparatus having several injectors fed by a common pumping element, or having several pumping elements feeding a common injectorFuel-injection apparatus having provisions for cutting-out pumps, pumping elements, or injectorsFuel-injection apparatus having provisions for variably interconnecting pumping elements and injectors alternatively
F02M 55/02 - Conduits between injection pumps and injectors
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Chassis control arm and method for the production of a chassis control arm
A chassis control arm includes a single-piece base body with several hollow chambers. The base body includes a plurality of bearing mounts. A first bearing mount is formed by one of the hollow chambers and traverses the base body to define a first bearing axis which extends in extrusion direction. A second bearing mount in a first end portion of the base body defines a second bearing axis in a direction which deviates from the extrusion direction of the hollow profile. A third bearing mount is positioned in a second end portion of the base body. The base body has a center portion which includes the first bearing mount and is arranged between the first and second end portions. The base body has a first leg extending from the first end portion to the center portion, and a second leg extending from the second end portion to the center portion.
The invention relates to a chassis component having a base face which extends in a base face plane and an aperture for the introduction of a fixing means and two retention elements which are arranged at opposite sides of the aperture for retaining an eccentric element, wherein the retention elements are formed integrally and in a materially engaging manner from the base face of the chassis component, wherein the retention elements are displaced out of the base face by mechanical processing. The chassis component affords a simple ability to be produced and an increased service life during operation.
A plate heat exchanger has two metal plates brought into abutment, with a solder material between the plates. The plates are heated up to a first temperature. The plates are placed into a mold, the mold surfaces of which have cavities for envisaged channel structures. Channel structures are formed by local internal pressure forming of at least one plate under pressurization by the tool. The plates are heated up to a second temperature. The plates are solder bonded at the abuted surfaces. A plate heat exchanger has two metal plates, wherein channel structures have been formed in at least one plate and the plates are bonded to one another by soldering away from the channel structures. Eutectic microstructures having a longest extent of less than 50 micrometers are formed in the solder layer.
B23K 1/00 - Soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering
B23P 15/26 - Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass heat exchangers
F28D 9/00 - Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary plate-like or laminated conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall
F28F 3/08 - Elements constructed for building-up into stacks, e.g. capable of being taken apart for cleaning
F28F 21/08 - Constructions of heat-exchange apparatus characterised by the selection of particular materials of metal
F28F 9/00 - CasingsHeader boxesAuxiliary supports for elementsAuxiliary members within casings
The present disclosure relates to a bearing arrangement having a bearing bush and a rubber/solid bearing which is inserted into the bearing bush with an outer sleeve and an elastomer material which is arranged therein. The bearing bush has inwardly pointing projections, and depressions are configured in the outer sleeve, into which depressions the projections engage.
F16C 17/10 - Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement for both radial and axial load
F16C 33/08 - Attachment of brasses, bushes, or linings to the bearing housing
F16C 33/20 - Sliding surface consisting mainly of plastics
F16F 1/38 - Springs made of plastics, e.g. rubberSprings made of material having high internal friction with a sleeve of elastic material between a rigid outer sleeve and a rigid inner sleeve or pin
F16C 27/06 - Elastic or yielding bearings or bearing supports, for exclusively rotary movement by means of parts of rubber or like materials
88.
Coupling element for connecting vehicle components of an underfloor arrangement and underfloor arrangement of a battery-operated motor vehicle
The disclosure relates to a coupling element for connecting vehicle components of an underfloor arrangement of a battery-powered motor vehicle, wherein the underfloor arrangement having a battery holder and at least one axle arrangement, the coupling element having at least one first connecting portion for fastening on the axle arrangement, and having at least one planar attachment surface for fastening on the battery holder, wherein the coupling element is designed in the form of an extruded multichamber profile. The disclosure also relates to an underfloor arrangement, for a motor vehicle, having two axle arrangements and a battery holder, arranged between the axle arrangements, wherein the battery holder has a side wall which delimits the battery holder in the outward direction, wherein at least one coupling element according to one of the preceding claims is provided, and connects at least one axle arrangement and the battery holder in a load-directing manner.
A spring control arm for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle is formed as a single-shell, essentially U-shaped sheet metal part and includes a back, spaced-apart side walls adjoining the back and each having an upper side wall region connected to the back, a lower side wall region distal from the back, and a central side wall region arranged between the upper and lower side wall regions. The spring control arm has first and a second end sections for attachment and a wider spring plate region disposed therebetween. The spring control arm has a substantially omega-shaped cross section in the spring plate region, which is more pronounced in a central longitudinal section due to outwardly projecting upper side wall sections than in an end longitudinal section of the spring plate region.
The disclosure relates to a bumper arrangement on a motor vehicle, having a crossmember and crash boxes, by means of which the crossmember is coupled to a motor vehicle, wherein a receptacle for a towing eye is formed in the bumper arrangement and the receptacle is produced in the form of an extruded profile component, wherein the receptacle is inserted into the crossmember and/or into a crash box and is fixed by clinching.
B60J 7/00 - Non-fixed roofsRoofs with movable panels
B60D 1/56 - Traction couplingsHitchesDraw-gearTowing devices characterised by the mounting securing to the vehicle bumper
B60R 19/48 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects combined with, or convertible into, other devices or objects, e.g. bumpers combined with road brushes, bumpers convertible into beds
B60R 19/34 - Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles comprising yieldable mounting means destroyed upon impact, e.g. one-shot type
91.
Multi-leg control arm for a wheel suspension in a vehicle
A multi-leg control arm for a wheel suspension in a vehicle, includes first and second control arm legs coupling the multi-leg control arm to an axle carrier, and third and fourth control arm legs coupling the multi-leg control arm to a wheel carrier. The first and/or third control arm leg comprises a first elongated hole, and the second and/or fourth control arm leg comprises a second elongated hole. The first and second elongated holes are aligned with one another and define a movement path of the multi-leg control arm with respect to the axle carrier or the wheel carrier. At least one fastening element penetrates the first and second elongated holes and is adapted to fix the multi-leg control arm with respect to the axle carrier or the wheel carrier in a movement position on the movement path to set a control arm camber or a control arm track.
The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a motor vehicle component from a 6000-series aluminum alloy having the following method steps: providing a blank made of a 6000-series aluminum alloy, rapid heating of the blank by means of contact plates to a temperature between 450° C. and 600° C. in a time less than 20 seconds, ending of the heating procedure and optional homogenizing when a grain size between 20 and 50 μm has resulted, quenching the blank thus tempered to a temperature less than or equal to 100° C., in a time less than 20 seconds, wherein the rapid heating and quenching of the blank is carried out in a total time of less than 50 seconds, applying a lubricant, at 20° C. to 100° C., forming the cooled blank in a forming tool, wherein the time between beginning the rapid heating and beginning the forming is less than 45 seconds, aging.
C22F 1/05 - Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working of aluminium or alloys based thereon of alloys of the Al-Si-Mg type, i.e. containing silicon and magnesium in approximately equal proportions
B21D 22/02 - Stamping using rigid devices or tools
C21D 9/46 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articlesFurnaces therefor for sheet metals
C22C 21/08 - Alloys based on aluminium with magnesium as the next major constituent with silicon
C22C 21/14 - Alloys based on aluminium with copper as the next major constituent with silicon
C22C 21/16 - Alloys based on aluminium with copper as the next major constituent with magnesium
C22C 21/02 - Alloys based on aluminium with silicon as the next major constituent
B21D 53/88 - Making other particular articles other parts for vehicles, e.g. cowlings, mudguards
B21D 53/74 - Making other particular articles frames for openings, e.g. for windows, doors, handbags
Motor vehicle control arm (1) comprising two profiles (2, 3) made from a metallic material, which are arranged at a distance opposite each other, and are connected to at least one plastic element (11) made from a fiber-reinforced plastic, wherein a plastic element (11) is designed in particular as a spring seat, which is designed to accommodate a motor vehicle spring.
Such a motor vehicle control arm (1) is optimized with respect to weight and costs.
An efficient method for producing spring strut forks for motor vehicles is presented. In each case two spring strut forks are produced from a metallic extruded profile as a starting product. The extruded profile has a central, middle main chamber and four longitudinal chambers which are arranged offset with respect to one another over the circumference of the main chamber. Wall portions of the main chamber which are situated between the longitudinal chambers are removed, and the extruded profile is severed into two semifinished parts. Each semifinished part has one cylinder portion and two oppositely situated arm portions which project relative to the cylinder portions. The semifinished parts are subsequently mechanically machined, and one spring strut fork is produced from each semifinished part.
The invention relates to a battery support for an electric motor vehicle, having a tray for holding batteries, with a base and a peripheral side wall and a cover, wherein the cover is formed as a hood and the peripheral side wall is formed by a peripheral frame composed of hollow profiles, wherein the frame is coupled to a base, wherein the hood, in the closed state, is mounted on the hollow profile, and a cooling system is formed below the base, and in that a protective base is arranged below the base, in particular below the cooling system.
B60K 1/04 - Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units of the electric storage means for propulsion
B60L 50/64 - Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
B60L 58/26 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries for controlling the temperature of batteries by cooling
H01M 50/249 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
H01M 50/262 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders with fastening means, e.g. locks
H01M 50/289 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders characterised by spacing elements or positioning means within frames, racks or packs
97.
Battery carrier with a peripheral frame and adhesive gap set in a defined manner
Battery carrier for an electric motor vehicle, having a trough formed by a base and a peripheral frame coupled to the base, wherein the frame is formed from extruded hollow profiles and a cover is arranged on the frame. In the installation position, the frame has a web protruding in each case in relation to its upper side and/or lower side in such a manner that a defined gap with respect to the base and/or with respect to the cover is produced, with a sealant and/or adhesive being incorporated.
B60K 1/04 - Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units of the electric storage means for propulsion
B60L 50/64 - Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
B60L 58/26 - Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles for monitoring or controlling batteries for controlling the temperature of batteries by cooling
B62D 21/15 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body
B23K 11/087 - Seam welding not restricted to one of the preceding subgroups for rectilinear seams
H01M 50/20 - MountingsSecondary casings or framesRacks, modules or packsSuspension devicesShock absorbersTransport or carrying devicesHolders
The invention relates to a beam having at least one hollow chamber for receiving a bolt element in a bush of the beam. The beam is distinguished by the fact that the bush is of multipart design and at least one of these plurality of parts of the bush is cold-joined to the beam.
A vehicle component for a vehicle has a component body which extends longitudinally in a longitudinal direction, wherein the component body has deformation zones which are spatially distributed in the longitudinal direction and are formed in the component body of sheet metal material. At least two locally distributed and spaced-apart deformation zones have different tensile strengths configured to influence a deformation course of the component body upon a force acting on the component body.
B60J 7/00 - Non-fixed roofsRoofs with movable panels
B60R 19/03 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects characterised by material, e.g. composite
B62D 21/15 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body
B60R 19/18 - Means within the bumper to absorb impact
B60R 19/02 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects
A vehicle component for a vehicle has a component body which is formed from a core material. The component body has a localized deformation zone which extends flat in the core material, and the deformation zone has a locally variable tensile strength according to a predetermined tensile strength profile configured to influence a deformation profile of the component body upon a force acting on the component body.
B60R 19/03 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects characterised by material, e.g. composite
B62D 21/15 - Understructures, i.e. chassis frame on which a vehicle body may be mounted having impact absorbing means, e.g. a frame designed to permanently or temporarily change shape or dimension upon impact with another body
B60R 19/18 - Means within the bumper to absorb impact
B60R 19/02 - Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects
B62D 29/00 - Superstructures characterised by material thereof
B62D 25/00 - Superstructure sub-unitsParts or details thereof not otherwise provided for
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