公开(公告)号：US20240174036A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-30

申请号：US18551262

申请日：2022-03-22

Applicant: Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH

Inventor： Alexander Günther ,  Phil GRÜSSING ,  Jan Stuhrmann ,  Marc Horlacher

IPC: B60D1/56 ,  B60D1/48 ,  B60R19/24 ,  B60R19/48

CPC classification number: B60D1/565 ,  B60D1/485 ,  B60R19/24 ,  B60R19/48

Abstract: A motor vehicle support member 1 is described having a structured shell 5 having a wall W, into which wall 5 a recess is introduced, and having a bushing 4 held in the recess of wall 5 for receiving and/or mounting another component connectable thereto, wherein the recess has a conical collar 6, flared in the longitudinal direction of the bushing 4, as a receptacle for the bushing 4, to which the bushing 4 is fixed, wherein the bushing 4 includes a conical lateral surface 7 in the section in which it is fixed to the collar (6, 6a . . . 6f). A method for producing such a support member 1 is also described.

公开(公告)号：US20230303187A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-28

申请号：US18044348

申请日：2021-09-30

Applicant: Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH

Inventor： Alexander Günther ,  Phil GRÜSSING ,  Dominik TENTSCHER

IPC: B62D25/14

CPC classification number: B62D25/14 ,  B60K2370/87

Abstract: A support structure for an instrument panel support for a motor vehicle having a metal connector connected to at least one support part, which follows the longitudinal extension of the instrument panel support, for connecting the support part to a further support part or for connecting a strut or bracket to the support part. The support part is made of a different material than the metal connector. The metal connector has a multi-part construction and comprises a base part and a bracket part. The base part bridges the distance between the two support parts to be connected by the metal connector and has a support part connection surface which is supported on the lateral surface of the support part. The bracket part encloses the support part opposite to the support part connection surface in order to provide a support part enclosure together with the support part connection surface of the base part. The metal connector is connected in a materially bonded manner to the support part in the area of its support part enclosure. The bracket part is connected to the base part as a result of a joining process carried out with the supply of heat.