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Method for production of thin sheet metal

US8470111B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

8Claims

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Assignee

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG · DE

Inventors

Thorsten Rolf Boger · Bad Camberg, DE
Peter Klauke · Schwerte, DE
Oliver Kleinschmidt · Dortmund, DE
Christoph Filthaut · Dortmund, DE
Ingo Rogner · Ingolstadt, DE
Oliver Thöle · Schwerte, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 24, 2008
Grant date	Jun 25, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 30, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/31681
WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A composite component comprising at least one first and one second sheet metal plate with at least one layer of a polymer arranged between the first and the second sheet metal plates provides for a component optimized with respect to the weight thereof, and which is at the same time simple to manufacture. The polymer layer of the composite component according to the invention comprises at least one foamed polymer layer of a thermoplastic polymer, wherein the foamed polymer layer comprises gas bubbles with a volume percentage of 1% to 80%, in particular 5% to 70%.

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