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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2015
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Philipp Bronswick, Ostercappeln, DE;
Sven Kuhlmann, Lemförde, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A structural component for a motor vehicle, with a component body () made from a sheet, which includes at least one shell-shaped body portion () formed from the sheet and at least one receiving bush () formed from the sheet that extends along its circumference between first and second circumferential ends (), which at the first circumferential end () merges into the shell-shaped body portion () and at the second circumferential end () merges into a strengthening strip () formed from the sheet and attached to the shell-shaped body portion (). The strengthening strip () completes the shell-shaped body portion () to form an at least partially closed hollow section ().