Positioning profiles for pultrusions in composite bus body
US11981093B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 13, 2021 |
| Grant date | May 14, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62D31/02
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of forming a composite vehicle components (e.g. walls, floor, roof) having interleaved foam core members and pre-pultruded reinforcing pillars by pultruding the cores and pillars into a vehicle component (e.g. bus sidewall formed as integral component front to rear) and cutting apertures therein for insertion of vehicle accessories (e.g. windows). Also, vehicle components can be formed having interlocking profiled edges where a first component is inserted into a second component, and rotated to bring the two components into locking engagement. A plurality of components can be formed with the same geometry, and oriented 180 degrees offset from each other to bring their profiled edges adjacent to each other.
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