A molded automotive textile nonwoven and its associated method of manufacturing includes flat staple fibers exhibiting a width to thickness ratio of 2 to 10 and a denier in the range of 2 to 30. The molded automotive textile non-woven is a three-dimensional (3D) structure that includes one or a plurality of protrusions or recesses which fits to the metallic vehicle floor pan of the vehicle.

An apparatus for a vehicle body including a rocker insert is provided. The apparatus includes a vehicle body including a plurality of metallic structure members and a lower portion operable to provide support to a floor surface within a passenger compartment of a vehicle and a rocker insert mounted to an in-vehicle side portion of the lower portion. The rocker insert includes an elongated bar portion including a hollow center portion including internal reinforcing web features. The rocker insert is oriented with respect to the vehicle body such that a longitudinal axis of the elongated bar portion of the rocker insert is parallel to an in-vehicle forward direction of the vehicle body.

A method for producing a vehicle structural component includes providing a first component body and a second component body and additively building up a connecting body. The first component body and the second component body are connected by the connecting body during the additively building up of the connecting body at least in a portion to form the vehicle structural component.

A hybrid structural assembly includes a vehicle structural member extending from a first end to a second end, and a composite reinforcement member attached to the vehicle structural member between the first and second ends of the vehicle structural member. The composite reinforcement member being formed by a continuous method and cut to a predetermined length extending from the first end to the second end.

A method for producing a motor vehicle component is disclosed having the steps of providing a strain-hardened blank composed of a 5000 grade aluminum alloy, partially heating the blank in a first region to a temperature higher than 350° C., in particular higher than 400° C., and in a second region to a temperature between 150° C. and 350° C., preferably to 300° C., in less than 20 s, preferably less than 10 s and in particular in 2 to 5 s, and transferring the blank into a cooling tool, and performing cooling in less than 20 s, preferably less than 10 s and in particular in 2 to 5 s.

A modular utility vehicle construct that is light weight yet robust is provided. The construct is formed with a composite open area core sandwich structure capable of withstanding typical wear and tear and environmental elements experienced by utility vehicle compartments. The use of the composite sandwich structure allows for replacement of traditional materials such as steel or aluminum, without a loss of strength, in a vehicle's containment construct while also reducing the overall weight of the vehicle and increasing the ability to customize the vehicle's utility features to suit the specific needs of the purchaser.

A vehicle body front structure includes a front bulkhead. The front bulkhead includes a right side stay made of a resin and connected to a right front side frame, a right upper side beam made of a metal and extending from the right side stay to a right upper member, an upper beam made of a metal and detachably connected to the right upper side beam, and a hood lock device provided on the upper beam. The right end of the upper beam is connected in a state in which it clamps the right side stay in a vehicle body longitudinal direction.

Embodiments disclosed herein include a safety device with a body having a first end, a second opposite end, and a plurality of stacked crash pad layers. A stiffness of the body is arranged to increase in a direction from the first end of the body towards the second end of the body. In some embodiments, the stiffness of the body increases in a fore-aft direction when the safe device is installed in art automobile.

An axle carrier for a motor vehicle is disclosed having at least two attachment points, a metallic upper shell and a lower shell of fiber composite material coupled to the metallic upper shell. A first load path extending through the metallic upper shell between the at least two attachment points in an edge region, and a second load path shorter that the first load path extending through the lower shell.

Provided is a coated metal sheet for automobile comprising: a metal sheet; and a coating film (α) present on at least one surface of the metal sheet. The coating film (α) contains an organic resin (A), an electrically conductive pigments (B), and anti-corrosion pigments (C), and a Martens micro-hardness HM at −20° C. of the surface of the coating film (α) is 10 to 200 (mg/mm.sup.2) at 20 points or more when measured at 100 points, and a Martens micro-hardness HM at 40° C. of the surface of the coating film (α) is 200 to 200,000 (mg/mm.sup.2) at 5 points or more when measured at 100 points.