Composite vehicle crossmember
US11407454B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 20, 2019 |
| Grant date | Aug 9, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62D29/04
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A vehicle crossmember is made from continuous fiber-reinforced polymeric material without the need for metallic structural reinforcements. The crossmember includes more than one fiber-reinforced material composition, including different amounts and/or types of fiber reinforcements along different lengthwise portions of a crossbar of the crossmember. Attachment points and stiffening ribs can be overmolded onto surfaces of the crossbar before assembling two halves of the crossbar together to form the crossmember.
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