Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe Ag

Andreas Ulrichs

Thomas Flehmig

Lothar Patberg

Sascha Sikora

Franz-Josef Lenze

Cristina Matthey

Thomas Flehming

The invention relates to a seat-back frame for a vehicle seat, which seat-back frame has a frame region extending transversely and two frame regions extending vertically and is of a U-shaped form. The object to provide a seat-back frame of the generic kind which has a minimum of components and at the same time allows a seat-back frame for belt-integrated vehicle seats to be provided easily is met in that there is provided a first half-shell made of a metal, which first half-shell forms a sub-region of each of the vertically extending frame regions of the seat-back frame and forms a sub-region of the transversely extending frame region of the seat-back frame, and there is provided a second sheet-metal half-shell which is connected to the first half-shell by bonding and which reinforces at least the transversely extending frame region of the seat-back frame.

Backrest frame for a vehicle seat

The invention relates to a method for producing a metal component, wherein a raw material () is provided, the raw material () is stamped and is further processed following the stamping process to form a component (). The component () has at least partially stamped areas (), and the raw material () is hot-stamped. The invention further relates to the use of a hot-stamped metal component, which is preferably produced using a method according to the invention, in a motor vehicle body, in particular as a reinforcing element in a B-column (), a sill, or a longitudinal beam.

Method for producing a metal component from a hot-stamped raw material

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Moers, Germany

Andreas Ulrichs