Teijin Limited

Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Tsukasa Arai

John Neal Owens

Bhavesh Shah

Akihiko Obata

Mark A Voss

Yutaka Yagi

Yasunori Nagakura

Michiharu Taniguchi

Motoomi Arakawa

Chris James Tadeusz Wisniewski

Venkateshwar R Aitharaju

Venkat Aitharaju

Provided is a load-carrying or non-load carrying structural component for a vehicle having improved impact resistance, such as a gas tank protection shield, an underbody shield, a structural panel, an interior floor, a floor pan, a roof, an exterior surface, a storage area, a glove box, a console box, a trunk, a trunk floor, a truck bed, and combinations thereof. The component has a support structure with ridges, each spaced apart from one another at predetermined intervals, to form a corrugated surface capable of load-carrying. The ridges are longitudinally extending, raised ridges. The corrugated designs provide support structures that are impact resistant.

Impact resistant component for a vehicle

The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a shaped product constituted by a fiber-reinforced composite material including reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin. The shaped product maintains isotropy of the fibers to the end thereof even if press-molded under conditions in which charge ratio of a prepreg to a die is low. Specifically, the method includes using a specific prepreg obtained by impregnating the reinforcing fibers with thermoplastic resin, and molding-processing the prepreg under specific conditions.

Method for manufacturing shaped product with maintained isotrophy

The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a shaped product constituted by a fiber-reinforced composite material including reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin, the shaped product with maintained isotropy of the fibers to the end thereof even if press-molded under conditions in which charge ratio of a prepreg to a die is low. Specifically, the method includes using a specific prepreg obtained by impregnating the reinforcing fibers with thermoplastic resin, and molding-processing the prepreg under specific conditions.

Method for manufacturing shaped product with maintained isotropy

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Shelby Township, MI, United States of America

Tsukasa Arai