Impact device and methods of making and using the same

US8474583B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Sabic Innovative Plastics B.V. · NL

Inventors

• Dhanendra Kumar Nagwanshi · Farmington Hills, US
• Kent Allen · Royal Oak, US
• Takaaki Nemoto · Mishima, JP
• Shingo Imai · Wixom, US
• Arunachala Parameshwara · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 17, 2012
• Grant date: Jul 2, 2013
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/24149
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In an embodiment, an impact device comprises: a metal component comprising greater than or equal to three walls forming a metal component channel; and a plastic component having a honeycomb structure with a plurality of walls defining comb channels therein. The combs channels are oriented perpendicular to at least one of the three walls, and the plastic component is inseparable from the metal component without damage to at least one of the metal component and the plastic component. A wall of the metal component can comprise an aperture, and wherein plastic material from the plastic component is located in the aperture.