Exemplary vehicle structures include a frame component that provides greater strength and/or other desired properties to a vehicle structure. The frame component includes a first wall (6) and a second wall (7). The first and second walls each comprise at least one metal sheet. The first and second walls bound a sealed interior gap (28). Pressurized fluid is introduced into the sealed interior gap through at least one of the walls via a fluid connector (8). In some arrangements the gap includes a hermetically sealed pocket (110) that is bounded by a pocket wall (36). The pressurized fluid is delivered into the pocket interior area that is bounded by the pocket wall. The fluid delivered to the sealed interior gap and/or the pocket interior area may be operative to cause controlled permanent deformation thereof to produce desired wall configurations which have increased strength. The fluid housed within the sealed interior gap may provide increased strength or other desired properties. Vehicle structures such as vehicle side frames, vehicle floor members and vehicle frame longitudinal members may each include one or more of the frame components integrated in the vehicle structure.
A VEHICLE BODY FRAME, VEHICLE BODY FRAME COMPONENT MEMBER PREFORMS, A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VEHICLE BODY FRAME COMPONENT MEMBERS, AND VEHICLE BODY FRAME COMPONENT MEMBERS
FAHRZEUGRAHMEN, FAHRZEUGKAROSSERIERAHMENKOMPONENTEN-VORFORMEN, VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON FAHRZEUGKAROSSERIERAHMENKOMPONENTEN UND FAHRZEUGKAROSSERIERAHMENKOMPONENTENELEMENTE
CADRE DE CARROSSERIE DE VÉHICULE, PRÉFORMES D'ÉLÉMENT DE COMPOSANT DE CADRE DE CARROSSERIE DE VÉHICULE, PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'ÉLÉMENTS DE COMPOSANT DE CADRE DE CARROSSERIE DE VÉHICULE, ET ÉLÉMENTS DE COMPOSANT DE CADRE DE CARROSSERIE DE VÉHICULE
09.08.2023
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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