US 12,012,059 B2
Vehicle component for a vehicle
Georg Frost, Steinheim (DE); Andreas Hitz, Erwitte (DE); Mathias Lohberg, Altenbeken (DE); and Martin Schroeter, Paderborn (DE)
Assigned to Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH, Paderborn (DE)
Filed by Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH, Paderborn (DE)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/500,138.
Application 17/500,138 is a continuation of application No. 16/693,625, filed on Nov. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,161,468.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 129 724.6 (DE), filed on Nov. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063530 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60R 19/03 (2006.01); B60R 19/02 (2006.01); B60R 19/18 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 19/03 (2013.01) [B60R 19/023 (2013.01); B60R 19/18 (2013.01); B62D 21/152 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1813 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle component, comprising:
a component body extends longitudinally in a longitudinal direction, wherein the component body has locally distributed deformation zones in the longitudinal direction, wherein the locally distributed deformation zones are formed in the component body from sheet material, wherein at least two of the locally distributed deformation zones are spaced apart and have different tensile strengths in respect to each other configured to influence a deformation course of the component body upon a force acting on the component body, wherein a tensile strength of each of the locally distributed deformation zones is different from a tensile strength of the component body outside a respective locally distributed deformation zone, wherein the component body having the locally distributed deformation zones is formed from at least two mutually joined sheet metal blanks.