Vehicle armor

US7357060B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Markus Müller · Paderborn, DE
• Christian Gnass · Bielefeld, DE
• Wilfried Rostek · Paderborn, DE
• Thomas Troster · Dittenheim, DE
• Rainer Lübbers · Paderborn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 2006
• Grant date: Apr 15, 2008
• Expiry date: Sep 30, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F41H7/04
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A vehicle is armored the steps of sequentially making a steel plate with a thickness of 4 mm to 15 mm of by weightThis plate is heated to above the AC3 temperature and deformed without cooling in a press. While still in the press, the steel plate is cooled and cured. Then the deformed and cured steel plate is taken out of the press and mounted on the motor vehicle without significant further working or shaping.