Structural or chassis component for a motor vehicle, and method of making such a structural or chassis component
AssigneeBenteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
InventorHans-Jurgen Knaup
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Abstract
In a method of making a structural or chassis component for a motor vehicle, a blank is provided with at least one material supply in an outer region at a distance to the outer edge to serve as material reserve. The blank is placed in a press tool for shaping the blank into a structural or chassis component by displacing the material supply in a direction of the outer edge and pressing the outer region of the blank against a buttress of the press tool to thereby form the outer region in a recess of the press tool to produce bead.
Claims14
A method of making a structural or chassis component for a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- providing a blank with at least one material supply;
- placing the blank in a press tool such that at least one outer region of the blank confronts a buttress of the press tool;
- and
- operating the press tool to press the outer region against the buttress and to shape the material supply into the outer region and a recess of the press tool to produce a structural or chassis component.
A structural or chassis component, comprising:
- a cup-shaped body having a cross section of U shape or V shape to define a web, two legs connected to the web, and two flanges, one flange connected to an end of one of the legs and the other one of the flanges connected to an end of the other one of the legs, each of the flanges having a free end formed with a bead which juts out from the flange in a direction of the web;
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- a cover plate joined to the flanges of the cup-shaped body for closing the cup-shaped body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.