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Press-hardened shaped metal sheet having different sheet thicknesses and strengths

US10981602B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Lukasz Goldyn · Munich, DE
Markus Pfestorf · Neufahrn, DE
Martin Kerscher · Dornwang, DE
Daniel Augustin · Orbec, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 21, 2017
Grant date	Apr 20, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 11, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC21D2221/00
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A press-hardened shaped metal sheet has at least two adjacent zones having different sheet thicknesses and different strengths such that one of the zones is press-hardened and the other zone is non-hardened or only slightly hardened. A transition zone, which is simultaneously designed as a thickness transition zone and as a strength transition zone, is located between the zones. The press-hardened shaped metal sheet is preferably a pillar reinforcement for a motor vehicle body.

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