Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe Ag

Tmd Friction Services Gmbh

Thyssenkrupp Automotive Systems Gmbh

Kai Schmitz

Axel Grüneklee

Lothar Patberg

Sascha Sikora

Ralf Stegmeyer

Alfred Lösch

Maik Schubert

Burkhard Schulze-Bergkamen

Michael Brenneis

The invention relates to a brake pad (), comprising a lining carrier () and a friction lining (), which is fastened to the lining carrier () by means of at least one bolt (), wherein the friction lining () can be worn down to a wear limit (). The bolt () protrudes into the friction lining () to a point below the wear limit (), such that the at least one bolt () remains below a friction surface () of the friction lining (), at least if the friction lining () has not been worn down completely.

Brake pad and method for producing a brake pad

The invention relates to a method for producing a metal structural component, in particular a vehicle structural component, in which a steel part is hot formed and is hardened at least over sections by contact with a tool surface, in which the steel part is during the hardening cooled in at least two partial regions at different cooling rates, so that the partial regions after the hardening differ in their microstructure, wherein the cooling rates differing from one another are produced by sections of the tool surface corresponding to the partial regions of the steel part, which differ from one another as regards their thermal conductivities. The invention also relates to a further method for producing a metal structural component, as well as a tool and a batch furnace.

Method and device for producing a metal component

The invention relates to a bodywork of a motor vehicle comprising side members and a rear axle construction which is connected to the bodywork, the rear axle construction having means for attaching the rear axle construction to the bodywork and having a suspension, and the rear axle construction being configured as a torsion-beam axle or as a multi-link axle. The object to provide a generic bodywork of a motor vehicle with a rear axle construction which allows, in a financially favorable manner, a modular rear axle concept, i.e. the selective use of a torsion-beam axle or of a multi-link axle is achieved in that the bodywork has means for receiving the attachment means of a torsion-beam axle and of a multi-link axle and has means for receiving the attachment means and the suspension of a torsion-beam axle and of a multi-link axle.

Vehicle chassis having modular rear axle construction

A body of a motor vehicle includes a lateral roof region that has an outer skin, an outer roof frame, and an inner roof frame, wherein the outer roof frame is arranged under the outer skin and the inner roof frame is arranged under the outer roof frame, and the outer skin, the outer roof frame, and the inner roof frame have a common welded flange, by means of which the outer skin and the outer and inner roof frames are connected to one another, and which is configured to receive an adhesive layer for a roof module having a roof module frame. An aspect of the invention is to provide an accident-optimized vehicle body at little expense that prevents a tearing off of the roof module, and is achieved in that the outer roof frame of the body is configured as a locking element for the roof module frame.

Roof construction of a vehicle body

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Wermelskirchen, Germany

Kai Schmitz