Structural Element and Method for Producing a Structural Element

Abstract

A structural part includes a pocket where the pocket is formed during or after a production of the structural part. A coating material is disposed in the pocket where the coating material at least partially fills the pocket. A method for producing a structural part includes removing or reducing material in a portion of a structural part to produce or form a pocket during or after a forming of the structural part and filling the pocket with a coating material by a coating method.

Claims

1.-10. (canceled)

11. A structural part, comprising: a pocket, wherein the pocket is formed during or after a production of the structural part; and a coating material disposed in the pocket, wherein the coating material at least partially fills the pocket.

12. The structural part according to claim 11, wherein the coating material at least partially fills the pocket by cold gas spraying of the coating material.

13. The structural part according to claim 11, wherein the pocket is mechanically introduced in the structural part by milling.

14. The structural part according to claim 11, wherein the pocket is shaped during a casting of the structural part.

15. The structural part according to claim 11, wherein the coating material completely fills the pocket.

16. The structural part according to claim 11, wherein a wall thickness of the structural part in a region of the pocket is at least 1 mm.

17. The structural part according to claim 11, wherein the pocket has a depth of at least 0.1 mm.

18. The structural part according to claim 11 further comprising a further structural part, wherein the further structural part is fastened to the coating material.

19. A method for producing a structural part, comprising the steps of: removing or reducing material in a portion of a structural part to produce or form a pocket during or after a forming of the structural part; and filling the pocket with a coating material by a coating method.

20. The method according to claim 19 further comprising the step of fastening a further structural part to the coating material.

21. The method according to claim 19, wherein the coating method is cold gas spraying.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] FIG. 1 shows a schematic perspective sketch of an embodiment of a structural part with a pocket; and

[0028] FIG. 2 shows a schematic sectional view of an embodiment of a structural part with a pocket.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0029] FIG. 1 shows a structural part 10, comprising a pocket 20 which comprises a base 22 and a periphery 24. The pocket 20 has already been shaped or at least preformed during the casting of the structural part 10. In addition or as an alternative, however, the pocket 20 can also be created for example by means of milling. By means of a coating method, preferably cold gas spraying, the pocket 20 is then advantageously filled with a coating material fully or at least partially, but preferably in a manner flush into the surface of the structural part 10.

[0030] FIG. 2 then shows, in a further schematic illustration, a sectional view of a structural part 10, it being possible to see a pocket 20 here which is filled with material and/or coating material 30. A form of the pocket 20 is selected here such that the base 22 thereof is inclined toward a surface of the structural part 10 and tapers off. A geometry of this type of the pocket 20 makes it possible to avoid, for example, abrupt changes in stiffness in the structural part 10, etc.

LIST OF REFERENCE CHARACTERS

[0031] 10 Structural part [0032] 20 Pocket [0033] 22 Base [0034] 24 Periphery [0035] 30 Coating material, material