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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1999
Frank Welsch, Schwülper, DE;
Conrad Oehlerking, Meine, DE;
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
A body component arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a body component having a specific shape which under the action of an applied force has different load and/or stress conditions within different regions of the body component including high load and/or stress conditions in a first region and lower load and/or stress conditions in a second region. A pattern of through holes is provided so that the through holes in the region of the lower load and/or stress conditions form a perforation pattern having a configuration arranged so that the load and/or stress conditions arising in that region under the action of an applied force will have a substantially uniform distribution. This produces a weight saving that is very economical and achieves a reduction of damage in the region of lower load and/or stress conditions.