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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2015
Benteler Automobiltechnik Gmbh, Paderborn, DE;
Quadrant Plastic Composites Ag, Lenzburg, CH;
Joachim Graefe, Wertheim, DE;
Andreas Franzke, Paderborn, DE;
Matthias Koerner, Bielefeld, DE;
Alex Mirau, Hoevelhof, DE;
Oliver Seibt, Paderborn, DE;
Thomas Troester, Salzkotten, DE;
Elmar Moritzer, Bad Lippspringe, DE;
Christopher Budde, Detmold, DE;
Simon Poehler, Osnabrueck, DE;
Benteler Automobiltechnik GMBH, Lenzburg, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to a subframe for a motor vehicle, comprising an upper shell, a lower shell made from a fiber-reinforced plastic and a rib structure for stiffening the upper shell, wherein the upper shell is composed of a metallic material and the rib structure is composed of a plastic reinforced with short fibers and is formed integrally from the lower shell. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing a subframe, wherein the lower shell together with the rib structure connected integrally therewith is formed from a stack of plies of a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic and joined to an upper shell made from a metallic material.