Vehicle component for a vehicle
AssigneeBenteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
InventorsGeorg Frost, Andreas Hitz, Mathias Lohberg, Martin Schroeter
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Abstract
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.
Claims19
A vehicle component, comprising:
- a component body extends longitudinally in a longitudinal direction, wherein the component body has locally distributed deformation zones in the longitudinal direction, wherein the locally distributed deformation zones are formed in the component body from sheet material, wherein at least two of the locally distributed deformation zones are spaced apart and have different tensile strengths in respect to each other configured to influence a deformation course of the component body upon a force acting on the component body, wherein a tensile strength of each of the locally distributed deformation zones is different from a tensile strength of the component body outside a respective locally distributed deformation zone.
A method of manufacturing a vehicle component for a vehicle, comprising:
- forming a semi-finished product to a component body that extends longitudinally in a longitudinal direction;
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- applying heat to the component body to produce in the longitudinal direction locally distributed deformation zones formed in the component body of sheet material, wherein at least two of the locally distributed deformation zones are spatially distributed and space apart, and wherein the at least two of the locally distributed deformation zones have different tensile strengths in respect to each other configured to influence a deformation course of the component body upon a force acting on the component body, wherein a tensile strength of each of the locally distributed deformation zones is different from a tensile strength of the component body outside the respective locally distributed deformation zone.
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