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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2006
Applicants:
Wolfgang Streubel, Detmold, DE;
Armin Zuber, Meckesheim, DE;
Wolfram Linnig, Paderborn, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH, Paderborn, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 3/02 (2006.01); B60G 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method of making a control arm for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle a blank of steel material having a tensile strength of at least 800 MPa is shaped, using a sheet metal forming process, into a shell body having a center web and plural flank portions extending from the center web in a same direction. The flank portions are connected by a latticed reinforcement made of plastic, without application of a heat treatment process.