A unitary firewall panel for a vehicle
OwnerMartín Antonio MECA MARTÍNEZ, Sergi MARQUEZ DURAN +1inventors
InventorsMartín Antonio MECA MARTÍNEZ, Sergi MARQUEZ DURAN, Javier VALENCIA CARRIO
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to methods for manufacturing a unitary firewall panel of a vehicle. The method comprises providing a plurality of blanks, joining the blanks to each other to form a combined blank, and hot stamping the combined blank to form the unitary firewall panel. The present disclosure further relates to unitary firewall panels obtainable by such methods.
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A method for manufacturing a unitary firewall panel of a vehicle comprising:
- providing a plurality of blanks;
- joining the blanks to form a combined blank;
- hot stamping the combined blank to form the unitary firewall panel, wherein joining the blanks comprises forming an overlapping region by partially overlapping the blanks with each other, and
- wherein the overlapping region is formed along a longitudinal direction of the unitary firewall panel and extends along an entire length of the unitary firewall, the longitudinal direction being transverse to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
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A method for manufacturing a unitary firewall panel of a vehicle comprising:
- providing a plurality of blanks;
- joining the blanks to form a combined blank;
- hot stamping the combined blank to form the unitary firewall panel, wherein joining the blanks comprises forming an overlapping region by partially overlapping the blanks with each other, and
- wherein the overlapping region includes a first portion formed along a vertical direction of the unitary firewall panel at a first lateral side of the unitary firewall panel and a second portion formed along the vertical direction of the unitary firewall panel at a second lateral side of the unitary firewall panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.