Patent ID: 8020927
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A composite reinforcement member for a body structure of a motor vehicle, the composite reinforcement member comprising: a terminating bodywork outer shell made from an aluminum material; at least two profiled member elements having a u-shaped profile in cross section and disposed nested one inside another, said profiled member elements including an outer member element and an inner member element, said inner member element having turned-up limb portions, said outer member element having turned-up limb portions with edge-side retaining lugs between which edge-side cutouts are formed therein, said retaining lugs of said outer member element connected by a welded connection to said turned-up limb portions of said inner member element, and connecting points to said terminating bodywork outer shell are disposed in said edge-side cutouts, and in an area of said edge-side cutouts of said outer member element, said inner member element is connected in each case via a riveted connection with said terminating bodywork outer shell made from said aluminum material; a hinge pillar; a longitudinal member; and said profiled member elements, which are connected to one another by means of said welded connection and are composed of a steel material, are riveted as a structural unit to said terminating bodywork outer shell composed of the aluminum material, and said structural unit connected at an end side to said hinge pillar and to said longitudinal member.