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Granted Patent B2
US 11,492,050 · App. 17/236,133 · Granted Nov 8, 2022

Motor vehicle component

Inventors: Georg Frost (Steinheim, DE); Martin Schroeter (Paderborn, DE)
Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
B62D29/007B62D21/15B62D25/04
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Patent No.
US 11,492,050
App. No.
17/236,133
Granted
Nov 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

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.

Claims (20)

1. Motor vehicle component comprising a base member of sheet steel, wherein the base member has a surface portion with holes, wherein the surface portion has a tensile strength Rm greater than or equal to (≥) 1250 MPa and a hole pattern comprising at least three holes, the hole pattern forming a deformation influence zone in the surface portion, the surface portion of the holes in the surface portion is between 7% and 60%, the holes have a diameter (d) of up to 30 mm, the base member has at least one trimming edge, and the deformation influence zone has with respect to the trimming edge a zone spacing (z) which corresponds at least to the diameter (d) of a smallest hole of the at least three holes in the deformation influence zone.

2. Motor vehicle component according to claim 1 , wherein the surface portion of the holes in the surface portion is between 20% and 60%.

3. Motor vehicle component according to claim 1 , wherein the hole pattern has at least two holes with diameters (d 1 ,d 2 ) which are different from each other.

4. Motor vehicle component according to claim 1 , wherein the hole pattern has at least two adjacent holes with a spacing (a) with respect to each other, and the spacing (a) is sized to be less than or equal to (≤) a hole diameter.

5. Motor vehicle component according to claim 1 , wherein the hole pattern has at least two adjacent holes with a spacing (a) of up to 50.0 mm.

6. Motor vehicle component according to claim 1 , wherein the hole pattern is formed by at least two hole rows which are vertically spaced apart from each other and extend in parallel with each other.

7. Motor vehicle component according to claim 6 , wherein the holes of one hole row of the at least two hole rows are offset with respect to the holes of the other hole row.

8. Motor vehicle component according to claim 1 , wherein the hole pattern surrounds a non-perforated region of the surface portion.

9. Motor vehicle component according to claim 1 , wherein the surface portion comprises at least two surface portions, and each surface portion of the at least two surface portions has a hole pattern formed by holes.

10. Motor vehicle component according to claim 9 , wherein in the at least two surface portions, which are axially spaced from each other, are mutually different hole patterns.

11. Motor vehicle component according to claim 1 , wherein the base member is formed from a homogeneous steel sheet which is uniform in thickness or material.

12. Motor vehicle component according to claim 1 , wherein the base member has a longitudinal portion which has a substantially U-shaped cross-section having a base web, flanges, and two members wherein the flanges adjoin the two members at an end side of the base member.

13. Motor vehicle component according to claim 12 , wherein at least one hole pattern is in at least one member.

14. Motor vehicle component according to claim 12 , wherein at least one hole pattern is in a region of transition from the base web to at least one member of the two members.

15. Motor vehicle component according to claim 12 , wherein at least one hole pattern is in the base web.

16. Motor vehicle component according to claim 1 , wherein at least one hole pattern is in at least one flange of the base member.

17. Motor vehicle component according to claim 1 , wherein a first hole and a second hole which is spaced apart from the first hole have a first spacing (a 1 ) with respect to each other and the second hole and a third hole which is adjacent to the second hole have a second spacing (a 2 ) with respect to each other, and the first spacing (a 1 ) and the second spacing (a 2 ) are sized differently.

18. Motor vehicle component according to claim 1 , wherein the hole pattern is formed by at least two hole rows which are horizontally spaced apart from each other and extend in parallel with each other.

19. Motor vehicle component comprising a base member of sheet steel, wherein the base member has a surface portion with holes, wherein the surface portion has a tensile strength Rm greater than or equal to (≥) 1250 MPa and a hole pattern comprising at least three holes, the hole pattern forming a deformation influence zone in the surface portion, the surface portion of the holes in the surface portion is between 7% and 60%, the holes have a diameter (d) of up to 30 mm, wherein at least one hole pattern is in at least one flange of the base member.

20. Motor vehicle component comprising a base member of sheet steel, a base web, and two members, wherein the base member has a surface portion with holes, wherein the surface portion has a tensile strength Rm greater than or equal to (≥) 1250 MPa and a hole pattern comprising at least three holes, the hole pattern forming a deformation influence zone in the surface portion, the surface portion of the holes in the surface portion is between 7% and 60%, the holes have a diameter (d) of up to 30 mm, wherein at least one hole pattern is in at least one member, and the at least one hole pattern is in a region of transition from the base web to at least one member of the two members.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2021
From: FROST, GEORG; SCHROETER, MARTIN
To: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
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Priority Claims (2)
DE 20 2020 105 963.7 · Apr 21, 2020 · national
EP 20204486 · Oct 20, 2020 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210323614A1 · Oct 21, 2021