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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2016
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Udo Mildner, Ruesselsheim, DE;
Lothar Teske, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/06 (2006.01); B21C 37/08 (2006.01); B21C 23/08 (2006.01); B21D 22/02 (2006.01); B21D 47/01 (2006.01); B21D 53/88 (2006.01); B21D 26/033 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/06 (2013.01); B21C 23/085 (2013.01); B21C 37/0803 (2013.01); B21D 22/022 (2013.01); B21D 47/01 (2013.01); B21D 53/88 (2013.01); B21D 26/033 (2013.01);
Abstract
A roof segment for a vehicle, particularly a motor vehicle, wherein the roof segment has a flat base element with a wall, wherein the wall is created from a single, plastically deformed starting material, forms a closed hollow cross section, and encloses one or more cavities. The invention further relates to a method for producing a roof segment that may include plastic deformation of a single starting material to produce a blank that has a wall with a closed hollow cross section, and hotforming the blank to produce the flat base element.