Abstract: A bumper arrangement, having a crossmember which is coupled via crash boxes to a motor vehicle, the crossmember having end regions, which project laterally beyond the crash boxes in the motor vehicle transverse direction, and attaching regions, in which the crash boxes are coupled to the crossmember, the crossmember being configured in cross section as a closed hollow profile, wherein a first slot which extends in the motor vehicle transverse direction is configured at least in longitudinal portions in the attaching region of a crash box in an upper wall, lower wall or a central bar of the crossmember, an outer end of the upper wall, lower wall and/or central bar being configured in one piece and from the same material continuously in the motor vehicle longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A vehicle component for a vehicle has a component body which extends longitudinally in a longitudinal direction, wherein the component body has deformation zones which are spatially distributed in the longitudinal direction and are formed in the component body of sheet metal material. At least two locally distributed and spaced-apart deformation zones have different tensile strengths configured to influence a deformation course of the component body upon a force acting on the component body.

Abstract: A vehicle component for a vehicle has a component body which is formed from a core material. The component body has a localized deformation zone which extends flat in the core material, and the deformation zone has a locally variable tensile strength according to a predetermined tensile strength profile configured to influence a deformation profile of the component body upon a force acting on the component body.

Abstract: A vehicle component for a vehicle has a component body which extends longitudinally in a longitudinal direction, wherein the component body has deformation zones which are spatially distributed in the longitudinal direction and are formed in the component body of sheet metal material. At least two locally distributed and spaced-apart deformation zones have different tensile strengths configured to influence a deformation course of the component body upon a force acting on the component body.

Abstract: A vehicle component for a vehicle has a component body which extends longitudinally in a longitudinal direction, wherein the component body has deformation zones which are spatially distributed in the longitudinal direction and are formed in the component body of sheet metal material. At least two locally distributed and spaced-apart deformation zones have different tensile strengths configured to influence a deformation course of the component body upon a force acting on the component body.

Abstract: A vehicle component for a vehicle has a component body which is formed from a core material. The component body has a localized deformation zone which extends flat in the core material, and the deformation zone has a locally variable tensile strength according to a predetermined tensile strength profile configured to influence a deformation profile of the component body upon a force acting on the component body.

Abstract: A tool for local heat treatment of a metallic structural part includes a first inductor arranged above a first side of a region of the structural part undergoing local heat treatment at a first distance to the first side, and a second inductor arranged at a second side of the region in opposition to the first side. At least one of the first and second inductors has induction loops arranged in the shape of a meander.