Reinforced body in white and reinforcement therefor

US9771109B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V. · NL

Inventors

• Dhanendra Kumar Nagwanshi · Farmington Hills, US
• Arunachala Parameshwara · Bengaluru, IN
• Somasekhar Bobba · Bengaluru, IN
• Sudhakar Ramamoorthy Marur · Bengaluru, IN
• Matthew D. Marks · Waterford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 16, 2014
• Grant date: Sep 26, 2017
• Expiry date: Jan 16, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2019/1873
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A structural body of a vehicle comprises: a hollow component comprising walls that define a channel, wherein the component has a component length, and wherein the component is selected from the group consisting of beam, rail (58), pillar (50,52,54,5), chassis, floor rocker (60), and cross-bar, or combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing; and a plastic-metal hybrid reinforcement (1) having cavities therethrough (14), and a support (6) having greater than or equal to 3 walls forming a support channel. The plastic element (4) is located in the support channel (6) wherein the reinforcement (1) is located in the component channel.