Magna International Inc.

Arun Prasath Pandiyan

Edward Schleichert

Erryn Leigh Ashmore

Nikhil Kripasagar Bolar

Darren A Womack

Sri Sai Karan Mummoju

Girish Pallathadka

Gabriel Cordoba

Miguel Merino

Armando Perez Cabrera

A pillar for a vehicle including at least two different localized areas of different tensile strengths. The pillar includes a body defining a width that merges into sidewalls at a transition. The body having a first tensile strength and the transition has a second tensile strength, wherein the first tensile strength is smaller than the second tensile strength. The variety in tensile strength resulting from at least one of varying the material treatment and varying the gauge. The pillar is press-hardened until it reaches a tensile strength of 1500 MPa to 2000 Mpa.

Pillar having variable strength

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Rochester Hills, MI, United States of America

Arun Prasath Pandiyan