Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Sika Technology Ag

Daniel Augustin

Vincent Belpaire

Martin Kerscher

Markus Pfestorf

Stefan Mieslinger

Lukasz Goldyn

Simon Gruber

Mike Fasse

A press-hardened shaped metal sheet has at least two adjacent zones having different sheet thicknesses and different strengths such that one of the zones is press-hardened and the other zone is non-hardened or only slightly hardened. A transition zone, which is simultaneously designed as a thickness transition zone and as a strength transition zone, is located between the zones. The press-hardened shaped metal sheet is preferably a pillar reinforcement for a motor vehicle body.

Press-hardened shaped metal sheet having different sheet thicknesses and strengths

A baffle or reinforcement element for sealing and/or reinforcing a cavity, in particular a cavity of a vehicle, comprising: a carrier plate with a first plate surface and a second plate surface, and at least a first and a second expandable element, in particular expandable foam element, supported by the carrier plate, wherein the first expandable element covers, at least substantially, the entire first plate surface and forms a first outer surface of the baffle or reinforcement element and the second expandable element covers, at least substantially, the entire second plate surface thereby forming a second outer surface of the baffle element.

Baffle

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Munich, Germany

Daniel Augustin