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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Lukasz Goldyn, Munich, DE;
Markus Pfestorf, Neufahrn, DE;
Martin Kerscher, Dornwang, DE;
Daniel Augustin, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B21D 22/02 (2006.01); C21D 1/673 (2006.01); B21D 53/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B21D 22/022 (2013.01); B21D 53/88 (2013.01); C21D 1/673 (2013.01); C21D 2221/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A press-hardened shaped metal sheet has at least two adjacent zones having different sheet thicknesses and different strengths such that one of the zones is press-hardened and the other zone is non-hardened or only slightly hardened. A transition zone, which is simultaneously designed as a thickness transition zone and as a strength transition zone, is located between the zones. The press-hardened shaped metal sheet is preferably a pillar reinforcement for a motor vehicle body.