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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1998
Klaus Blumel, Dinslaken, DE;
Friedrich Behr, Krefeld, DE;
Klaus Gohler, Duisburg, DE;
Christian Hager, Ahaus, DE;
Uwe Kneiphoff, Dinslaken, DE;
Thyssen Stahl AG, Duisburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a double-layered sheet metal with a first layer (5) of sheet metal comprising indented knobs (4.sub.I -4.sub.IV ; 4.sub.V -4.sub.VII ; 4.sub.VIII -4.sub.XIII), with several of these knobs forming the corner points of a geometrical segment (8.sub.I, 8.sub.II, 8.sub.III) of the first layer (5) of sheet metal, with a second layer (6) of sheet metal which is connected to the first layer (5) of sheet metal in the area of the tips (4a) of the knobs (4.sub.I -4.sub.IV ; 4.sub.V -4.sub.VII ; 4.sub.VIII -4.sub.XIII), and with a filling (7) made of filling material arranged in the void remaining between the layers (5, 6) of sheet metal. With such a double-layered sheet metal the danger of 'total failure' in the case of a load exceeding elastically endured deformation is reduced in that the geometrical segment (8.sub.I, 8.sub.II, 8.sub.III) comprises at least one indentation (10) by means of which any deformation of the double-layered sheet metal caused by a bending load is directed towards the filling (7) in the void. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for producing such a double-layered sheet metal.