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Method for producing a structural component, particularly for a vehicle body

US10189190B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG · DE

Inventors

Torsten Krahnert · Beelitz, DE
Lothar Patberg · Aachen, DE
Stefan Mayer · Glückstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 22, 2013
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 20, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB32B2605/08
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for producing a structural component for a vehicle body, the method includes forming a flat carrier material made of a metal, a thermoplastic material and/or a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material to give a three-dimensional component, and providing a supporting material made of a thermoplastic material, such that the carrier material and the supporting material form an integral material composite. The material composite made up of the carrier material and the supporting material is produced before the carrier material is formed. The material composite is heated before the forming in order to make forming of the thermoplastic material possible. A rib structure is impressed into the supporting material during the forming of the material composite, and the temperature of the three-dimensional component having the rib structure is controlled, it preferably being cooled.

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