Thyssen Krupp Ag

Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe Ag

Thyssenkrupp Electrical Steel Gmbh

Andreas Keutz

Lothar Patberg

Daniel Nierhoff

Matthias Schirmer

Dorothée Dorner

Jia-Uei Chan

Andreas Breidenbach

Florian Herget

Melanie Borucki

Oliver Rott

Andreas Jansen

A frame unit for a two-wheeled vehicle may comprise a main frame. The main frame may be formed by a first partial shell and a second partial shell that is joined to the first partial shell. The first partial shell and the second partial shell may be produced from a material comprising steel. The main frame may further comprise an upper tube, a lower tube, a seat tube, and/or a head tube. A rear section may be joined to the main frame and may include a chain stay and/or a seat stay. Further, each of the first and second partial shells may form a lateral half of the main frame, and the first and second partial shells may have a C-shaped cross section. The frame unit avoids the disadvantages of the prior art and offers a high degree of design freedom.

Shell-type frame unit, method for producing a frame unit, and use of a frame unit

The present invention relates to a floor structure for a motor vehicle with accommodating means for at least two energy storage modules, wherein the accommodating means comprise at least two longitudinal members and at least two cross members. In addition the present invention relates to the use of such a floor structure in a vehicle with an electric and/or internal combustion engine. The technical problem of providing a floor structure that in the event of accidents, in particular side impacts, improves the protection of the batteries in floor structures of vehicles without adversely affecting the weight or the costs, is solved in that the accommodating means have at least one deformation zone with defined deformation behavior between the energy storage modules.

Understructure for a vehicle

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Düsseldorf, Germany

Andreas Keutz