Benteler-automobiltechnik Gmbh

Stefan Schmitz

Stefan Grottke

Christian Handing

Jochem Grewe

Franz Ulrich Brockhoff

Rodscha Drabon

Holger Diersmann

Kai Michel

Christoph Nitschke

A battery tray for holding battery elements for providing electrical energy in electrically powered vehicles. The battery tray has a battery pan having a reinforcing structure which is arranged on the outside in front of a side wall of the battery pan. The reinforcement structure has a hollow profile with a first upper leg with a first opening and a second lower leg with a second opening. A sleeve extends between the vertically spaced legs and connects the openings in the legs. A fitting plate covers the first opening in the first leg, wherein the fitting plate has a passage through which the sleeve is guided with a sleeve section.

Battery tray

The disclosure relates to a coupling element for connecting vehicle components of an underfloor arrangement of a battery-powered motor vehicle, wherein the underfloor arrangement having a battery holder and at least one axle arrangement, the coupling element having at least one first connecting portion for fastening on the axle arrangement, and having at least one planar attachment surface for fastening on the battery holder, wherein the coupling element is designed in the form of an extruded multichamber profile. The disclosure also relates to an underfloor arrangement, for a motor vehicle, having two axle arrangements and a battery holder, arranged between the axle arrangements, wherein the battery holder has a side wall which delimits the battery holder in the outward direction, wherein at least one coupling element according to one of the preceding claims is provided, and connects at least one axle arrangement and the battery holder in a load-directing manner.

Coupling element for connecting vehicle components of an underfloor arrangement and underfloor arrangement of a battery-operated motor vehicle

The present invention relates to a sill of a vehicle body (), comprising a lower sill part () and an upper sill part () placed on and attached to the lower sill part (). The sill is characterized in that the upper sill part () is part of a vehicle superstructure (), in that in one side of a first sill part (), which faces the further sill part (), a recess () and, on one side of the further sill part (), which faces the first sill part (), a protrusion () is provided, wherein the shape of the recess () corresponds to the shape of the protrusion () and the protrusion () interlocks form-fittingly in the recess (). In addition, the invention relates to a vehicle body () with two sills () and a method of manufacturing such a vehicle body.

Sill of a vehicle body, vehicle body and method of manufacturing a vehicle body

The present invention relates to a sill of a vehicle body (). The sill is characterized in that the sill () comprises at least a first sill profile () and a second sill profile (), in that the sill profiles () extend in the longitudinal direction of the sill () and each comprise a connecting surface () which faces the further sill profile (), in that the connecting surfaces () at least partially run vertically, in that the at least two sill profiles () over at least one area of the connecting surfaces () of the sill profiles () are adhesively connected to one another, and in that at least on one of the sill profiles (), adjacent to the connecting surface (), at least one snap-in protrusion () is formed onto it which interlocks with at least one snap-in receiving section () of another one of the sill profiles (). Furthermore, the invention relates to a vehicle frame () with such a sill () and a method of manufacturing such a sill ().

Sill and vehicle frame of a vehicle body and method of manufacturing a sill

A front-end structure of a motor vehicle includes a transverse member and two crash boxes. In addition a transverse reinforcement member is arranged according to the invention, wherein the transverse reinforcement member is supported via coupling beams on a subframe.

Front-end structure of a motor vehicle

A bumper system for a motor vehicle includes a bumper cross member which is arranged transversely to a travel direction and has two attachment zones for connection to two side rails arranged in parallel relationship to the travel direction. The bumper cross member has a center portion extending between the attachment zones and two end zones to close off the bumper cross member to vehicle sides. A deformation element is arranged behind each of the end zones and constructed to support in the event of a head-on collision with slight overlap the end zone which undergoes a buckling as a result of the head-on collision. At least one belt element at least partly surrounds a circumference of the deformation element and is secured to at least one of the side rails.

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Bielefeld, Germany

Stefan Schmitz