Tag Archives: UHSS

2010 Porsche Panamera Body Structure. The body shell is knitted together from a number of metals. High strength steels, including Boron-alloyed (shown in red), polyphase (orange), and micro-alloyed (yellow) are used to create an ultra-stiff passenger safety cell. The voluptuous ...

Getting information out of the automakers is sometimes a difficult task. I have friends that work for the Big 3 who usually can dig up some information. A few people I know work at Honda, Nissan, and Toyota. Currently I ...

Jeep has engineered crush zones to divert and dissipate impact energy away from the passenger compartment. The safety cage structure and front crumple zones of the Compass absorb energy during a front impact. During a side impact, the door guard ...

The higher weight-to-strength ratio of high-strength steel allowed us to develop a body-in-white safety cage that meets more aggressive front-, side- and rear-impact requirements, but without the added weight of regular steel,” Liddane added. “Hot-stamped steel used on the A- ...

If you have a little spare time, thumb trough the “Pocket book of steel” from Corus Automotive. Corus Automotive is a UK company that put together the book and claim it to be your complete reference guide to steel in ...

The main reason automakers are using Boron and other Ultra-high Strength Steels is to improve the fuel economy by reducing vehicle weight. The “Nissan Green Program 2010” plans to use High tensile strength steel sheet (HSS) to reduce Body-in-White (BIW) ...

The 2006 + Chevrolet HHR has a little bit of Ultra-high Strength Steel (UHSS) in the the rocker panels. n the image below, number 26 calls out the Rocker Inner Panel and is made from UHSS.

The Cadillac SRX model years 2003 through 2008 has a little Ultra-high Strength Steel. TheRocker Inner Panel (#4) is made using UHSS.

Even as a Ford guy, I really would hate to see a new 2010 Chevrolet Camaro come under the blades of a cutter! However, we all need to know what to except just in case a 16 year old “borrows” ...

General Motors is using UHSS in many different areas of the vehicle. Below is an image of the Body Structure of a Chevrolet Malibu. This use of UHSS is called out on the list below: 10. Center Pillar Reinforcement (Ultra ...