Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle door of armor steel
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Application No.: US17672366Application Date: 2022-02-15
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Publication No.: US11548357B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- Inventor: Martin Holzweissig , Udo Klasfauseweh
- Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Paderborn
- Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
- Current Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Paderborn
- Agency: Henry M. Feiereisen LLC
- Priority: DE102021103999.1 20210219
- Main IPC: B60J5/04
- IPC: B60J5/04 ; F41H7/04

Abstract:
A vehicle door includes a window frame and a lower surface portion formed jointly with the window frame in one piece from a hot formed and press hardened sheet metal plate which is made of a steel alloy which includes, in weight-%: Carbon 0.33-0.38, Silicon 0.2-0.7, Manganese 0.7-1.2, Phosphorus max. 0.03, Sulfur max. 0.02, Boron 0.002-0.005, Chromium 0.6-1.0, Copper max. 0.12, Nitrogen max. 0.005, Titanium 0.015-0.025, Nickel 1.5-2.0, Molybdenum 0.2-0.6, Tin max. 0.04, and as optional components Aluminum 0.006-0.08, Niobium 0.02-0.05, with a balance being iron and incidental impurities. At least the lower surface portion has a Brinell hardness of 500 to 600 HB and a yield strength of 1,200 to 1,450 MPa, wherein the lower surface portion and/or the window frame has a wall thickness of at least 6 mm.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220332174A1 VEHICLE DOOR OF ARMOR STEEL Public/Granted day:2022-10-20
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