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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2013
Applicants:
Torsten Gieseke, Barsinghausen, DE;
Oliver Kleinschmidt, Dortmund, DE;
Lothar Patberg, Moers, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, Duisburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a structural or chassis component of a motor vehicle, said structural or chassis component consisting of a composite material comprising an outer metallic layer, a middle plastics or plastics foam layer and an outer fiber-reinforced plastics layer. The object of providing a structural or chassis component which allows a further reduction in weight to be made without adversely affecting the load bearing capacity characteristics is achieved in that the thickness of the middle plastics layer is at least 0.2 mm.