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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1995
Gerhard Koenig, Birmingham, MI (US);
Robert Koehr, Mt. Clemens, MI (US);
Felix Kybart, Birmingham, MI (US);
Sigfried Walter, Leonberg, DE;
John Catterall, Troy, MI (US);
John Krumbach, Plymouth, MI (US);
Rolf Heyll, Renningen, DE;
Andrew Wolf, Parkland, FL (US);
ULSAB Trust, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Method and system for designing and producing a lightweight automobile or vehicle body. Structural performance targets are selected, a beam model analysis is conducted, and a body-in-white design is developed. A shell model is created and analyzed and material gauges and manufacturing processes for the body components are selected. A structural analysis is conducted to determine whether the shell model meets the selected structural performance targets. A crash model is created, analyzed, and modified until satisfactory crash requirements are met. A final structural analysis is conducted to determine whether the shell model meets the selected structural performance targets.