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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
May. 29, 2013
Steven Marc Gasworth, Novi, MI (US);
Steven Marc Gasworth, Novi, MI (US);
SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Abstract
In an embodiment, a vehicle component comprises a thermoplastic element having a thermoplastic element first surface and a thermoplastic element second surface; a structural element defining an opening, wherein the structural element has a structural element first surface and a structural element second surface, wherein the thermoplastic element is in the opening; and an elastic anisotropic bonding element between the thermoplastic element second surface and the structural element first surface. In an embodiment, a method of forming a plastic assembly comprises forming an anisotropic bonding element comprising a layer comprising a bonding element matrix without elongated members, a layer comprising a bonding element matrix comprising elongated members, and a layer comprising a bonding element matrix without elongated members; attaching the anisotropic bonding element to a structural element and a thermoplastic element, wherein the anisotropic bonding element is between a thermoplastic element second surface and a structural element first surface.