Side panel assembly for passenger vehicles
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Abstract
A side panel assembly for a passenger vehicle, includes a B-pillar made of fibre-reinforced plastics material, at least one further pillar made of fibre-reinforced plastics material and following in the rear direction, and a side panel made of fibre-reinforced plastics material and defining a portion of the skin of the passenger vehicle. According to the invention, to make it possible for a side panel assembly of this kind to offer high stiffness for absorbing operating and crash loads while being low-weight, to have a high surface quality, and to be economical to produce with short production times, the B-pillar includes a hollow pillar made of metal as a core element.
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A side panel assembly for a passenger vehicle, includes a B-pillar made of fibre-reinforced plastics material, at least one further pillar made of fibre-reinforced plastics material and following in the rear direction, and a side panel made of fibre-reinforced plastics material and defining a portion of the skin of the passenger vehicle. According to the invention, to make it possible for a side panel assembly of this kind to offer high stiffness for absorbing operating and crash loads while being low-weight, to have a high surface quality, and to be economical to produce with short production times, the B-pillar includes a hollow pillar made of metal as a core element.
| Original language | English |
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| IPC (International Patent Classification) | B62D 25/02 |
| Patent number | US 2016/0121936 |
| Filing date | 2 May 2014 |
| Country/Territory | United States of America |
| Priority date | 12 Jun 2013 |
| Priority number | DE102013106070 |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 5 May 2016 |
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