Patent ID: 8898906

Claim:
A method for producing a body part of a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: providing a first profile part with at least one first welding flange and a first opening; providing a second profile part with at least one third welding flange; deforming the at least one first welding flange such that the first welding flange and a first portion of the first profile part adjacent to the first welding flange form a first U-shaped profile; deforming the at least one third welding flange such that the third welding flange and a second portion of the second profile part adjacent to the third welding flange form a second U-shaped profile; after the deforming step, arranging of the at least one first welding flange at least partially on the at least one third welding flange to form an at least partially closed form of the body part between the first profile part and the second profile part, wherein the at least one first welding flange and the at least one third welding flange are arranged within the at least partially closed form; and guiding of a first laser beam through the first opening onto the at least one first welding flange subject to the formation of at least one first laser weld seam within the at least partially closed form of the body part between the at least one first welding flange and the at least one third welding flange.