Dashboard crossbeam comprising at least two sections attached to each other by welding
AssigneeFaurecia Interieur Industrie
InventorsLaurent Baudart, Serge Da Costa Pito
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Abstract
The crossbeam according to the invention comprises at least two sections, each section comprising at least one wall and being assembled to the other section in a junction region so as to form said crossbeam. The walls of said sections are fastened to each other by a weld made by induction brazing.
Claims20
A motor vehicle dashboard crossbeam, comprising a first section and a second section extending along parallel axes, a wall of the first section and a wall of the second section being attached at a junction region by an induction brazing weld,
- wherein each of the first and second sections comprises an end fastening portion extending into the junction region, the first and second sections being attached at the junction region via the respective end fastening portions,
- wherein the induction brazing weld is continuous and entirely circumscribes the wall of at least one of the sections at the junction region,
- wherein the end fastening portion of the first section is fitted onto the end fastening portion of the second section, the induction brazing weld extending between said end fastening portions so as to fasten the end fastening portions to each other, and
- wherein the end fastening portion of the first section comprises a flare at an end thereof such that part of the wall of the second section extends opposite said flare, the weld extending between said flare and said part of the wall.
A method for producing a dashboard crossbeam, said method comprising:
- attaching a wall of a first crossbeam section to a wall of a second crossbeam section at a junction region by an induction brazing weld such that the first and second crossbeam sections extend along parallel axes,
- wherein each of the first and second crossbeam sections comprises an end fastening portion extending into the junction region, the first and second crossbeam sections being attached at the junction region via the respective end fastening portions,
- wherein the induction brazing weld is continuous and entirely circumscribes the wall of at least one of the crossbeam sections at the junction region,
- wherein the end fastening portion of the first crossbeam section is fitted onto the end fastening portion of the second crossbeam section, the induction brazing weld extending between said end fastening portions so as to fasten the end fastening portions to each other, and
- wherein the end fastening portion of the first crossbeam section comprises a flare at an end thereof such that part of the wall of the second crossbeam section extends opposite said flare, the weld extending between said flare and said part of the wall.
A motor vehicle dashboard crossbeam, comprising a first section and a second section, a wall of the first section and a wall of the second section being attached at a junction region by an induction brazing weld,
- wherein each of the first and second sections comprises an end fastening portion extending into the junction region, the first and second sections being attached at the junction region via the respective end fastening portions,
- wherein the end fastening portion of the first section is fitted onto the end fastening portion of the second section, the induction brazing weld extending between said end fastening portions so as to fasten the end fastening portions to each other, and
- wherein the end fastening portion of the first section comprises a flare at an end thereof such that part of the wall of the second section extends opposite said flare, the weld extending between said flare and said part of the wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.