IP Library Granted Patent US 8,382,197
Granted Patent B2
US 8,382,197 · App. 12/518,137 · Granted Feb 26, 2013

Composite made of two steel plates

View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,382,197
App. No.
12/518,137
Granted
Feb 26, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composite is provided that includes, but is not limited to a first steel plate, which is welded via a weld seam to a second steel plate, in which the two steel plates and the weld seam bonding them are hardened and the composite has a broadening in the area of the weld seam. Furthermore, a B-column is provided for a motor vehicle body that includes, but is not limited to a reinforcement B-column, the reinforcement B-column including, but not limited to a first steel plate, which is welded via a weld seam to a second steel plate, and the two steel plates include, but are not limited to a heat-treated steel and are hardened like the weld seam bonding them, and the reinforcement B-column has a broadening in the area of the weld seam.

Claims (21)

1. A composite, comprising:

a first steel plate;

a second steel plate welded to the first steel plate via a weld seam, wherein the first steel plate and the second steel plate comprise a heat-treated steel and the first steel plate, the second steel plate, and the weld seam are hardened together as a unit; and

a broadening in an area of the weld seam such that the first steel plate at the broadening is wider than the first steel plate adjacent the broadening and the second steel plate at the broadening is wider than the second steel plate adjacent the broadening.

2. The composite of claim 1 , wherein the first steel plate and the second steel plate comprise a rolled steel having a tensile strength of at least about 800 MPa.

3. The composite according to claim 1 , wherein the two steel plates each comprise a material having at least one of a martensite or bainite component in a transverse grind that is greater than about 50%.

4. The composite according to claim 1 , wherein the first steel plate has a first plate thickness and the second steel plate has a second plate thickness that is different from the first plate thickness.

5. The composite according to claim 1 , wherein the first steel plate has a first tensile and the second steel plate has a second tensile strength that is different from the first tensile strength.

6. The composite according to claim 1 , wherein the first steel plate and the second steel plate have a plate thickness difference of at least about 0.5 mm.

7. The composite according to claim 1 , further comprising an oblong shape and a width is enlarged in the area of a weld seam.

8. The composite according to claim 1 , further comprising a reinforcement of a vertical strut of a motor vehicle.

9. The composite according to claim 1 , wherein the composite is a reinforcement of a B-column of a motor vehicle.

10. A reinforcement B-column for a B-column of a motor vehicle body, comprising:

a first steel plate;

a second steel plate welded via a weld seam to the first steel plate, wherein the first steel plate and the second steel plate comprise a heat-treated steel and the first steel plate, the second steel plate, and the weld seam are hardened together as a unit; and

a broadening in the area of the weld seam such that the first steel plate at the broadening is wider than the first steel plate adjacent the broadening and the second steel plate at the broadening is wider than the second steel plate adjacent the broadening.

11. The reinforcement B-column of claim 10 , wherein the first steel plate and the second steel plate comprise a rolled steel having a tensile strength of at least about 800 MPa.

12. The reinforcement B-column according to claim 10 , wherein the first steel plate and the second steel plate each comprise a material having at least one of a martensite proportion or a bainite proportion in the transverse grind that is greater than about 50%.

13. The reinforcement B-column according to claim 10 , wherein the first steel plate has a first thickness and the second steel plate has a second thickness that is different from the first thickness.

14. The reinforcement B-column according to claim 10 , wherein the first steel plate and the second steel plate have a substantially similar plate thickness with a different tensile strength.

15. The reinforcement B-column according to claim 10 , wherein the first steel plate and the second steel plate have a plate thickness difference of at least about 0.5 mm.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2014
From: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 034185/0789 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 10, 2011
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 025781/0299 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 8, 2010
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
Reel/Frame 025324/0555 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2010
From: UAW RETIREE MEDICAL BENEFITS TRUST
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 025315/0091 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2010
From: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 025246/0056 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 28, 2009
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
To: UAW RETIREE MEDICAL BENEFITS TRUST
Reel/Frame 023162/0048 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 27, 2009
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
To: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Reel/Frame 023201/0118 →