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Method for the production of a closed hollow profile for a vehicle axle

US10898942B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH · DE

Inventors

Michael Brüggenbrock · Rosendahl, DE
Thomas Flehmig · Ratingen, DE
Thomas Flöth · Duisburg, DE
Thomas Grosseruschkamp · Duisburg, DE
Norbert Niggemeyer · Paderborn, DE
Andreas Frehn · Ritterhude, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 26, 2016
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 2, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60B2360/141
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for the production of a closed hollow profile for a vehicle axle including the following steps: a) provision of a board made out of a sheet of metal, wherein the board has at least a length in a longitudinal direction and at least a width in a transverse direction, b) forming of the board, creating an open profile with a channel running in a longitudinal direction of the board, c) forming the lateral surfaces of the board, creating a hollow profile with a circumference and a longitudinal gap and d) joining together the longitudinal gap.

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