Michael E Black

US Patent:

20210114663, Apr 22, 2021

Filed:

Oct 21, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/658406

Inventors:

- Dearborn MI, US
Krish E. Aekbote - Novi MI, US
Michael Black - Farmington Hills MI, US
Maria J. Heirtzler - Northville MI, US

International Classification:

B62D 21/15
B62D 29/00
B21C 23/14

Abstract:

An apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a vehicle structural component that has a plurality of open cells surrounding an open center section. The open center section comprises a multi-corner open center. A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, extruding a vehicle structural component from a metallic material, wherein the vehicle structural component includes a plurality of open cells surrounding an open center section, and wherein the plurality of open cells each comprise a polygonal cross-section and the open center section comprises a multi-corner open center.