US 12,110,596 B2
Structural element and method for producing a structural element
Manuel Anasenzl, Mainburg (DE); Andre Hoevelmeyer, Landshut (DE); and Dominik Paulke, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/291,648
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/079511
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 6, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/094464, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 127 774.1 (DE), filed on Nov. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0404067 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. C23C 24/04 (2006.01); B23P 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC C23C 24/04 (2013.01) [B23P 13/00 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aluminium die-cast structural part of a motor vehicle, comprising:
a pocket, wherein the pocket is formed during a casting of the aluminium die-cast structural part, wherein the pocket is defined entirely within peripheral walls formed by the aluminium die-cast structural part and a base formed by the aluminium die-cast structural part, and wherein the base is inclined toward a surface of the aluminium die-cast structural part such that there is no abrupt change in stiffness in the aluminium die-cast structural part;
a coating material disposed in the pocket, wherein the coating material at least partially fills the pocket and wherein the coating material is an iron-based material and wherein the coating material is disposed by cold gas spraying; and
a further structural part of the motor vehicle, wherein the further structural part of the motor vehicle is fastened to the iron-based coating material that is disposed in the pocket by a weld or an adhesive bond or a rivet or a screw.