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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Günther Ast, Starzach, DE;
Konrad Eipper, Rottenburg, DE;
Assignee:
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/08 ; B21D 2/200 ; E04C 3/04 ; F16B 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/08 ; B21D 2/200 ; E04C 3/04 ; F16B 1/100 ;
Abstract
A hollow profile having at least one laterally protruding flange and a method for the production thereof. The hollow profile having a hollow profile blank and a sheet metal strip. The hollow profile blank and the sheet metal strip each having a joining element and being adapted to be joined in a locking relationship. Wherein a hydraulic internal high pressure is generated within the hollow-profile blank and the joining element of the hollow-profile blank is shaped, whereby a non-releasable clamping action is formed between the joining elements of the hollow profile blank and the sheet metal strip.