Magna International Inc.

Magna Closures Inc.

Philip Grella

Donald F Haag

W Tyler Hardy

John A Ingram

Jeremy Alan Panasiewicz

Jeremy A Panasiewicz

Jeffrey R Johnson

Sackda Samatchai

Matthew R Plauman

Desmond P Jamieson

Don Haag

Tyler W Hardy

Matthew R Plaumann

A carrier module for a motor vehicle door assembly having inner and outer panels defining a door panel structure with the inner panel having an opening for selective access to an internal door cavity between the inner and outer panels is provided. The carrier including an outer periphery configured for attachment to the inner panel to substantially close off the opening, and at least one reinforcement member fixed to the carrier, the at least one reinforcement member being formed of a material having a resistance to loading that is greater than a resistance to loading of a material of the carrier.

Hybrid door module

A modified compression moulding arrangement where the compression moulding tool has been modified to allow for the use of pre-impregnated pre-form sheets in order to produce class A automotive structural parts in high volume. The pre-impregnated pre-form has continuous un-chopped fibers that extend across an entire length of the pre-impregnated pre-form. The pre-impregnated pre-form is then placed in an open compression moulding tool that has a bottom half and a top half that are movable between an open position and a closed position. When the mould tool is in the closed position, the top half and bottom half create a forming cavity that is defined by a forming surface of the top half and a forming surface of the bottom half. The forming surface of the bottom half has a boundary defined by a run-off edge and an upshear that is necessary for forming a class A structural automotive component using pre-impregnated pre-form material.

Mould arrangement and method for compression moulding fiber reinforced preforms

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Philip Grella