Rear part structure for a vehicle body
AssigneeVolvo Car Corporation
InventorsPeter Lejvell, Lars Pettersson, Austen Clark
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Abstract
A rear part structure for a vehicle body, where the rear part structure includes a base part and a plate part attached to the base part, where the base part is made from a metal casting, and where the plate part is attached to a base part portion of the base part, thereby forming a beam segment in the rear part structure, where the plate part is attached by one or more fasteners to one or more base part members of the base part portion.
Claims20
A rear part structure for a vehicle body, comprising:
- a base part and a plate part attached to the base part, wherein the base part is made from a metal casting, and wherein the plate part is attached to a base part portion of the base part, thereby forming a beam segment in the rear part structure, wherein the plate part is attached by one or more fasteners to one or more base part members of the base part portion.
A method for manufacturing a rear part structure for a vehicle body, the rear part structure comprising a base part and a plate part attached to the base part, wherein the base part is made from a metal casting, and wherein the plate part is attached to a base part portion of the base part, thereby forming a beam segment in the rear part structure, wherein the plate part is attached by one or more fasteners to one or more base part members of the base part portion, the method comprising:
- casting the base part of the rear part structure from metal, the base part comprising the base part portion with the one or more base part members;
- aligning the plate part with the base part portion for forming the beam segment;
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- attaching the plate part to the base part by flow drilling the one or more fasteners through the plate part and the one or more base part members.
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