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US 8,998,296 B2Granted
Method for producing a body shell of a motor vehicle and body shell for a motor vehicle
AssigneeDaimler AG
InventorKonrad Eipper
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Abstract
A method for producing a body-in-white of a passenger car is provided. A support structure assigned to the body-in-white of the motor vehicle and which includes at least one support part is produced. The support part of the support structure is, depending on a variant of the motor vehicle, at least in some regions provided with at least one reinforcing part.
Claims10
A method comprising:
- producing a support structure that is assigned to a body-in-white that is configured for a plurality of variants of a motor vehicle, wherein the support structure comprises at least one support part;
- identifying a particular variant of the plurality of variants of the motor vehicle;
- and
- selectively providing at least in some regions of the support part of the support structure with at least one reinforcing part depending upon the particular variant of the plurality of variants of the motor vehicle,
- wherein the body-in-white is structurally configured for loadings by forces in an accident for a variant having the lowest weight of all variants of the motor vehicle and loadings by forces in an accident for variants having higher weights than the lowest weight variant are compensated for using the support structure with the selectively provided at least one reinforcing part.
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A method comprising:
- producing a support structure that is assigned to a body-in-white that is configured for a plurality of variants of a motor vehicle, wherein the support structure comprises at least one support part;
- identifying a particular variant of the plurality of variants of the motor vehicle;
- and
- selectively providing at least in some regions of the support part of the support structure with at least one reinforcing part depending upon the particular variant of the plurality of variants of the motor vehicle,
- wherein the body-in-white is structurally configured for loadings by forces in an accident for a variant having the lowest weight of all variants of the motor vehicle and loadings by forces in an accident for variants having higher weights than the lowest weight variant are compensated for using the support structure with the selectively provided at least one reinforcing part,
- wherein the reinforcing part is a fibre-reinforced plastic material patch having a plastic matrix and that is applied to the support part using adhesive,
- wherein the support part is provided with the reinforcing part after a coating or a paint applied by dip painting has been applied and the plastic matrix and the adhesive are cured by heat that is used to cure the coating or paint.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.