Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Cheil Synthetics Inc.

Chang S Lee

Dae W Ihm

Myung S Lee

Young Jin Kim

Jung Do Suh

Jae Wook Kwon

Dae Jeong Kim

Seong I Woo

Dae Gil Lee

Hae S Jun

Seong Tae Lim

Jung: Sung G

An impact beam for car doors is reinforced at its central portion. In an embodiment, the impact beam consists of a longitudinal beam stepped at two positions to allow its central portion to be thicker than its opposite end portions. In another embodiment, the impact beam consists of a longitudinal base beam body, and a hollow reinforcing beam body having a length shorter than that of the base beam body and a sectional size larger than that of the base beam body, and fitted over a central portion of the base beam body. The impact beam further comprises a beam bracketing structure for fastening the opposite ends of the impact beam on a door panel. This beam bracketing structure consists of two support brackets fixedly mounted to the door panel, and a locking mechanism for locking each end of the beam to an associated one of the two support brackets.

Impact beam for car doors

There is disclosed a biodegradable copolyester having a combination structure consisting of one or more repeating unit of alkyleneterephthalate and one or more repeating unit of hydroxyalkanoate, represented by the following general formula I: ##STR1## wherein n is an integer not more than 10, R is --CH.sub.3 or --C.sub.2 H.sub.5,

Biodegradable copolyester and method for preparing the same

There is disclosed a method for the production of aliphatic copolyester film. The method comprises the steps of: applying esterification or ester-interchange to a reaction mixture of at least one acid component selected from the group consisting of succinic acid, succinic anhydride and succinic acid ester, 1,4-butanediol as a main diol component, 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediol of 1 to 30% by mole based on the mole of the acid component, multifunctional compound 0.01 to 1% by mole, based on the mole of the acid component, multifunctional compound have more than three functional group of hydroxy group or carboxy group at below 220.degree. C., so as to give an oligomer mixture; polycondensing the oligomer into an aliphatic copolyester at a temperature of 240.degree. to 260.degree. C. under reduced pressures of not more than 1 mmHg in the presence of a catalyst; and melt-extruding the aliphatic copolyester using T die. Improved in draw ratio, the aliphatic copolyester film provided by the method can be applied to various applications, such as films, bottles, glass fiber-reinforced plastics, adhesives, paints.

Method for the production of aliphatic copolyester film

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Anyang, South Korea

Chang S Lee