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B-pillar and method of manufacturing it

US9744997B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Gestamp Hardtech AB · SE

Inventors

Emil Olofsson · Piteå, SE
Jan Larsson · Luleå, SE
Hans Bodin · Södra Sunderbyn, SE

Key dates

Filing date	May 24, 2013
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 4, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/12375
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A B-pillar is shaped from a sheet blank (20,21) into a hat profile with a central flange (12), two sides (13,14) and two side flanges (15,16), and it has, over a portion of its length, a reinforcing sheet (21) that make the B-pillar have double sheets. The reinforcing sheet (21) extends out over the side flanges (15,16) over at least ¼ of its length and narrows down at both its ends so that it does not extend out over the side flanges over part of its length.

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