Method for manufacturing a hollow profile, a hollow profile and a vehicle body
First Claim
1. Method for manufacturing a hollow profile, the method comprising:
- applying two axially oriented joint edges of a first flangless half-shell sheet to a first side of a web plate;
applying two axially oriented joint edges of a second flangless half-shell sheet to an opposite side of the web plate; and
joining the joint edges of the first half-shell sheet to the web plate and joining the joint edges of the second half-shell sheet to the web plate, wherein an edge section of the web plate projects beyond a contact area of two of the joint edges forming two flanges adapted for connection with other components, and wherein the web plate extends over a whole length of the hollow profile.
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Abstract
A hollow profile that has improved handling ability and a good ability to be attached to other components and a method for producing the hollow profile. In the method for producing a hollow profile having at least two half shell sheets, a first half shell sheet is applied to a first side of web plate along two axially running joint edges of the first half shell sheet, a second half shell sheet is applied to a second side of the web plate along two axially running joint edges of the second half shell sheet, and then the joint edges of the half shell sheets are subsequently joined to the web plate. An edge section of the web plate projects beyond the contact area of at least one joint edge so that at least one flange is formed for attaching other components. The hollow profile formed has two half shell sheets and a web plate disposed between the half shell sheets, which can form part of a vehicle body.
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1. Method for manufacturing a hollow profile, the method comprising:
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applying two axially oriented joint edges of a first flangless half-shell sheet to a first side of a web plate; applying two axially oriented joint edges of a second flangless half-shell sheet to an opposite side of the web plate; and joining the joint edges of the first half-shell sheet to the web plate and joining the joint edges of the second half-shell sheet to the web plate, wherein an edge section of the web plate projects beyond a contact area of two of the joint edges forming two flanges adapted for connection with other components, and wherein the web plate extends over a whole length of the hollow profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 19)
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10. Hollow profile comprising:
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two flangeless half-shell sheets; and a web plate located between the half-shell sheets; wherein two axially running joint edges of each half-shell sheet are butt joined to the web plate; and wherein an edge section of the web plate projects beyond two of the joints, so that two flanges are formed for connecting further components, and wherein the web plate extends over a whole length of the hollow profile. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. Hollow profile produced by:
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applying two axially oriented joint edges of a first flangeless half-shell sheet to a first side of a web plate; applying two axially oriented joint edges of a second flangeless half-shell sheet to an opposite side of the web plate; and joining the joint edges of the first flangeless half-shell sheet to the web plate and joining the joint edges of the second flangeless half-shell sheet to the web plate, wherein an edge section of the web plate projects beyond a contact area of two of the joint edges forming two flanges adapted for connection with other components, and wherein the web plate extends over a whole length of the hollow profile.
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