Abstract: A sill component (10) for the sill of a vehicle body (100) has an outer shell (20) made from a metal material and an inner profile (30) made from an aluminum material. The outer shell (20) is connected via a first connection section (22) to a first complementary connecting section (32) of the inner profile (30) and via at least one second connecting section (24) to at least one second complementary connecting section (34) of the inner profile (30) in a manner that transmits force along a longitudinal direction (LR) of the vehicle body (100). At least one receiving space (40) is arranged between the two connecting sections (22, 24) and a reinforcing component (50) is in the receiving space (40) for the mechanical reinforcement of the outer shell (20).

Abstract: A body member (1; 41) has at least one outer sheet (2), an inner sheet (3) and a reinforcing structure (10) in a cavity (6) bounded by the inner sheet (3) and the outer sheet (2). The reinforcing structure (10) has at least three ribs (11-15) that extend from the outer sheet (2) toward the inner sheet (3). An expanded structural foam connects at least one of the two outer ribs (11, 15) to the inner sheet (3).

Abstract: A body part arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a body part in which at least one electrical line element is integrated in a receiving material of the body part. The body part includes a molded part in which a plastics part is provided. The at least one electrical line element is embedded in the plastics part.

Abstract: A method for producing an electrically driveable vehicle which has a sealed space for accommodating a high-voltage (HV) energy storage is described.

Abstract: A motor vehicle high-voltage energy accumulator having a housing with battery modules mounted inside, wherein the housing has a bottom wail, a top wail, a front end wail, a rear end wail, a left side wall, and a right side wall. In each case, two oppositely arranged wails of the>housing which are oriented in the longitudinal direction have load-path-forming supporting structure plates and cooling ducts through which cooling liquid flows. Here, the cooling ducts are either integrated directly into the supporting structure plate in the form of cavities or formed by the connection of a separate cooling structure plate to the supporting structure plate. The supporting structure plate and, where appropriate, the cooling structure plate increase the structural stability or the formation of cooling ducts.

Abstract: An automotive high-voltage energy accumulator includes a housing structure; a plurality of battery modules disposed in a housing space of the housing structure, wherein the housing structure closes the housing space at least in a lateral and/or downward manner; and a housing cover that closes the housing space of the housing structure at least in an upward manner. The housing cover has a multi-layered construction and includes a lower metal layer and an upper metal layer. The lower metal layer and the upper metal layer are mutually disposed so as to be substantially vertically spaced apart, define a cover space therebetween, and are fixedly interconnected at peripheries. A plastics core layer substantially fills the cover space and mechanically interconnects the two metal layers.

Abstract: A battery module includes a battery module housing and a plurality of battery cells accommodated by the battery module housing. The battery module housing includes an extruded profile and/or of a profile produced in a continuous manufacturing process and further includes media-conducting channels configured to control the temperature of the battery cells. A cross section of the profile surrounds the battery cells from four sides.

Abstract: A battery module includes a battery module housing and a plurality of battery cells accommodated by the battery module housing. The battery module housing includes a main component for accommodating the battery cells and at least one additional component. The main component is of integral design and surrounds the battery cells from four sides. The additional component includes recesses for receiving a medium for temperature control. The recesses are closed by connecting the additional component to the main component to form media-carrying ducts. The main component is of open design on averted end sides. The battery cells are arranged at least substantially within the space which is surrounded by the main component.

Abstract: A sill for a body structure of a vehicle, in an installed state, extends substantially in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Outer, middle and inner sill parts are each of shell-like or hat-like cross section and have respective sill strengths. The outer sill part and the inner sill part are connected to one another at respective upper and lower ends thereof via flanges. A middle sill part is positioned between the outer sill part and the inner sill part. The middle sill part is connected at least to the inner sill part. At least in a region of a front section as viewed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the outer sill part has a strength which is lower than a mean strength of the sill, which is dependent on the outer sill strength, the inner sill strength and the middle sill strength and masses thereof.

Abstract: A motor vehicle body assembly includes a composite structural component having a connection flange, and a metallic body component or functional group having a connection flange. The connection flange of the composite structural component and the connection flange of the metallic body component or functional group bear on one another and extend substantially across a preferred connection flange direction. The composite structural component has at least one carbon fiber-plastics composite tier having a thermal expansion behavior that in the fiber direction is almost temperature-neutral, and at least one fiber-plastics composite tier having a thermal expansion behavior similar to that of metal. The carbon fibers of the carbon fiber-plastics composite tier in relation to the preferred connection flange direction enclose an angle a=30 to 60°, and the fibers of the fiber-plastics composite tier in relation to the preferred connection flange direction enclose an angle b=0 to 30°.

Abstract: An integral component of a vehicle body includes an open profiled element and a reinforcing rib structure disposed in an interior of the open profiled element. The open profiled element has a fiber-plastics composite body having a first structure, and at least one reinforcement panel from metal for the localized reinforcement of the profiled element. The reinforcing rib structure is produced from a fiber-plastics composite having a second structure.

Abstract: A composite component for a motor vehicle includes a first section; and a second section connected to the first section. The first section comprises a metallic material. The second section comprises a plastic. The first section has a first base region and projections provided on the first base region, wherein the projections provided on the first base region extend from the first base region to the second section. The projections provided on the first base region have undercuts, and the projections provided on the first base region are anchored in the second section in order to bring about the connection between the first section and the second section.

Abstract: A battery arrangement, such as for a motor vehicle, includes a plurality of cells for storing electric energy, the cells being arranged on a carrier component, and a cooling arrangement, the cooling arrangement having cooling ducts which are configured to allow a cooling medium to flow therethrough, The cooling ducts are produced at least in sections by way of an additive application process involving layer by layer material application on the carrier component.

Abstract: A body component for a motor vehicle provides at least one inner shell manufactured from an aluminum material and at least one outer shell manufactured from an aluminum material, the at least one inner shell and the at least one outer shell being connected to one another at least at flange regions and providing at least one cavity between them; and at least one reinforcement element arranged in the cavity. The inner shell is connected only by a rear section to the reinforcement element, such that the rear section of the inner shell is reinforced in dimensionally stable fashion by the reinforcement element in order to safeguard the passenger compartment, and is delimited by a front, non-reinforced section for energy dissipation.

Abstract: A body part arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a body part in which at least one electrical line element is integrated in a receiving material of the body part. The body part includes a molded part in which a plastics part is provided. The at least one electrical line element is embedded in the plastics part.

Abstract: A hybrid component for a vehicle includes at least one metal base portion configured to be attached to a basic structure of the vehicle, at least one stabilizing portion made of plastic for mechanically stabilizing the hybrid component, and at least one main portion made of continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic for absorbing forces that act on the hybrid component. The hybrid component is formed, at least in part, as a hollow profile.

Abstract: A sill for a body structure of a vehicle, in an installed state, extends substantially in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Outer, middle and inner sill parts are each of shell-like or hat-like cross section and have respective sill strengths. The outer sill part and the inner sill part are connected to one another at respective upper and lower ends thereof via flanges. A middle sill part is positioned between the outer sill part and the inner sill part. The middle sill part is connected at least to the inner sill part. At least in a region of a front section as viewed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the outer sill part has a strength which is lower than a mean strength of the sill, which is dependent on the outer sill strength, the inner sill strength and the middle sill strength and masses thereof.

Abstract: A support structure is provided for a motor vehicle that has a front wheel (8). The support structure includes an A pillar (5) having a slide-off surface (40) for the front wheel. The slide-off surface for the front wheel (8) is inclined so that the front wheel (8) slides out along the slide-off surface (40).

Abstract: A motor vehicle structure has an A pillar (5), a sill, a front wheel (8) and a slide-off surface (50) for the front wheel (8). The A pillar (8), as viewed in cross section, exhibits a higher strength in an inner region (49) than in an outer region (48) in order to realize the slide-off surface (50).

Abstract: The invention relates to a door sill assembly for a vehicle body, having a door sill outer part connected to a door sill inner part, wherein the door sill parts are, in part, constituents of a floor assembly of the vehicle. According to the invention, the door sill outer part is provided from an extruded aluminum profile and is connected to the door sill inner part by way of longitudinally running joining flanges that correspond to one another, wherein the door sill inner part is provided at least from a sheet aluminum part and a sheet steel part connected to said sheet aluminum part.