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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2020
Magna International Inc., Aurora, CA;
Nikhil Bolar, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Arun Prasath Pandiyan, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Sri Sai Karan Mummoju, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Girish Pallathadka, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Gabriel Cordoba, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Edward Schleichert, Munich, DE;
Nikhil Bolar, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Arun Prasath Pandiyan, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Sri Sai Karan Mummoju, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Girish Pallathadka, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Gabriel Cordoba, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Edward Schleichert, Munich, DE;
MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC., Aurora, CA;
Abstract
A pillar for a vehicle including at least two different localized areas of different tensile strengths. The pillar includes a body defining a width that merges into sidewalls at a transition. The body having a first tensile strength and the transition has a second tensile strength, wherein the first tensile strength is smaller than the second tensile strength. The variety in tensile strength resulting from at least one of varying the material treatment and varying the gauge. The pillar is press-hardened until it reaches a tensile strength of 1500 MPa to 2000 Mpa.