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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10189190 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2013

Method for producing a structural component, particularly for a vehicle body

Applicant:

Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe Ag, Duisburg, DE;

Inventors:

Torsten Krahnert, Seddin, DE;

Lothar Patberg, Moers, DE;

Stefan Mayer, Schwerte, DE;

Assignee:

THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE AG, Duisburg, DE;

Attorney:

The Webb Law Firm

Primary Examiner:

Robert J Grun

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 43/22 (2006.01); B29C 43/30 (2006.01); B29C 43/28 (2006.01); B29C 43/02 (2006.01); B29C 43/14 (2006.01); B29C 43/48 (2006.01); B32B 37/08 (2006.01); B32B 37/10 (2006.01); B29C 69/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/06 (2006.01); B32B 37/20 (2006.01); B29C 43/18 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 43/222 (2013.01); B29C 43/021 (2013.01); B29C 43/146 (2013.01); B29C 43/224 (2013.01); B29C 43/28 (2013.01); B29C 43/30 (2013.01); B29C 43/305 (2013.01); B29C 43/48 (2013.01); B32B 37/08 (2013.01); B32B 37/1027 (2013.01); B29C 43/18 (2013.01); B29C 69/00 (2013.01); B29C 2043/483 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3002 (2013.01); B32B 37/06 (2013.01); B32B 37/203 (2013.01); B32B 2311/00 (2013.01); B32B 2398/20 (2013.01); B32B 2605/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for producing a structural component for a vehicle body, the method includes forming a flat carrier material made of a metal, a thermoplastic material and/or a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material to give a three-dimensional component, and providing a supporting material made of a thermoplastic material, such that the carrier material and the supporting material form an integral material composite. The material composite made up of the carrier material and the supporting material is produced before the carrier material is formed. The material composite is heated before the forming in order to make forming of the thermoplastic material possible. A rib structure is impressed into the supporting material during the forming of the material composite, and the temperature of the three-dimensional component having the rib structure is controlled, it preferably being cooled.

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