Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center Gmbh

Stephane Ringenbach

Julien Richeton

Dae Seok Jeong

Jerome Coulton

Hermann Hansen

The present disclosure provides a hybrid side sill for an automobile. The hybrid side sill may includes a pultruded profile part including a continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic polymer, which has a heat deflection temperature of at least 200 &#xb0;C., and a terminal part including steel, which is attached to an end portion of the pultruded profile part. The present disclosure further provides an automobile body including such a hybrid side sill and also a method of manufacturing a hybrid side sill for an automobile. The manufacturing method includes a step for forming a pultruded profile part including a continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic polymer, which has a heat deflection temperature of at least 200 &#xb0;C., and a step for attaching a terminal part made of steel to an end portion of the pultruded profile part.

Hybrid automotive side sill and manufacturing method thereof

A method of manufacturing a crash-resistant structural part for an automobile, the crash-resistant structural part including a beam element for receiving an impact force during a crash of the automobile is provided. The method comprises a step of arranging at least one layer of fibers having a length of 100 mm or more, and a step of mixing components required to form a thermoplastic polymer resin, the components including a reactive monomer, thereby forming a liquid precursor mixture of the thermoplastic polymer resin. At least one layer of fibers is impregnated with the liquid precursor mixture, and the beam element is formed by an in-situ polymerization reaction of the liquid precursor mixture having impregnated the at least one layer of fibers.

Crash-resistant structural part for automobile and manufacturing method thereof

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Stephane Ringenbach