Abstract:
Rear structure for an electric vehicle having a rear rail which comprises a rear portion, a front portion and a transition zone, such that in the event of a rear crash the rear portion and the transition zone are both able to deform to maximize the amount of energy absorption.
Abstract:
The invention deals with the design and the production method of a front floor reinforcement structure (1) for a vehicle (3) having a battery pack (5) in the tunnel (7) designed to improve the energy absorption of the vehicle during a side impact by involving the front floor panel (11) in the energy absorption during the side impact. The front floor reinforcement structure (1) comprises a front floor cross member (13) having a non-deformable portion (14) located on the end of the front floor cross member (13) closest to the side sill (9) and a deformable portion (16) located on the end of the front floor cross member (13) closest to the tunnel (7). The resistance to plastic deformation of the non-deformable portion (14) is greater than the resistance to plastic deformation of the deformable portion (16), which is itself greater than the resistance to plastic deformation of the front floor panel (11).
Abstract:
The automotive vehicle structural part (30) comprises at least a main panel (40) and a wheel casing (42), said main panel (40) and said wheel casing (42) being made of two distinct three-dimensional parts made of different materials attached to each other by welding.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a protective element (1) named shield element for a battery pack of an electric or hybrid vehicle, wherein said protective element (1) comprises securing means (2) configured to removably secure the shield element (1) both to the battery pack and to a body (11) of the vehicle.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a carrier device comprising a reinforcement arrangement (9) comprising: • at least two adjacent reinforcement hollow portions (24, 25) both being traversed by the side wall (3) of the carrier device (2) and each made of an inner reinforcement hollow section (26, 27) of the inner reinforcement piece (14) and an outer reinforcement hollow (28, 29) section of the outer reinforcement piece (19), both reinforcement hollow sections being at least partially facing each other, and • a longitudinal reinforcement fastening portion (30) located between the adjacent reinforcement hollow portions (24, 25), secured to the side wall (3), and made of an inner reinforcement fastening section (31) of the inner reinforcement piece (14) and an outer reinforcement fastening section (32) of the outer reinforcement piece (19), both reinforcement fastening sections (31, 32) being at least partially facing each other.
Abstract:
The reinforcement element for reinforcing the structure of a door of a vehicle extends along a main direction and comprises at least a main portion having a reinforcing cross- section (40) extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to the main direction. The reinforcing cross-section (40) comprises at least four adjacent branches (42a, 42b, 42c, 42d, 42e, 42f, 42g), each extending in different directions, two successive branches forming a non-zero angle, at least two of said non-zero angles being of opposite signs.
Abstract:
Methods for producing a three-dimensional vehicle door frame inner reinforcement element, for producing a vehicle door frame and for producing a vehicle reinforcement structure A method for producing a three-dimensional vehicle door frame inner reinforcement element (52) comprising an inner center pillar part (66), an inner front pillar part (68) and an inner side rail part (64) joining the inner center pillar part (66) and the inner front pillar part (68). The method comprises: - providing an inner center pillar blank, an inner front pillar blank and an inner side rail blank, said inner blanks being substantially planar, - assembling the inner center pillar blank and the inner front pillar blank to the inner side rail blank in order to form a substantially planar door frame inner reinforcement blank, - hot stamping the door frame inner reinforcement blank to shape the three- dimensional door frame inner reinforcement element (52).
Abstract:
The vehicle underbody structure (20) includes a floor panel (24) and an underbody reinforcement element (26), the underbody reinforcement element (26) including at least a front transversal beam (112a, 112b) and a rear transversal beam (114), the transversal beams (112a, 112b, 114) extending parallel to each other and being attached to the floor panel (24). The front transversal beam (112a, 112b) and the rear transversal beam (114) are made of a press hardening steel having a tensile strength higher than or equal to 1300 MPa.