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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Voestalpine Stahl Gmbh, Linz, AT;
Inventors:
Peter Atzmüller, Linz, AT;
Alexander Poledna, Linz, AT;
Assignee:
voestalpine Stahl GmbH, Linz, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 29/007 (2013.01); B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B62D 21/157 (2013.01);
Abstract
A B pillar of a motor vehicle with a base region and a head region; in the base region, there is a contact region with a connecting region for connecting the B pillar to a rocker panel; over the span of its height from a base edge to a B pillar head, the B pillar has hard and soft regions, wherein the B pillar has a soft region, which extends from a contact region of the B pillar with the rocker panel to the B pillar head and in this case, extends for at least 100 mm.