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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Benjamin J. Meaige, Powell, OH (US);
Derik Thomas Voigt, Dublin, OH (US);
Eric J. Boettcher, Columbus, OH (US);
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 29/00 (2006.01); B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B29C 44/18 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B29C 44/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 29/002 (2013.01); B29C 44/128 (2013.01); B29C 44/18 (2013.01); B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B62D 29/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle frame construction and method includes an elongated hollow frame member having a plurality of interior sides and a reinforcement member. The reinforcement member is formed from a thermoplastic polymer and is installed so as to be arranged within the elongated hollow frame member to reinforce each interior side of the elongated hollow frame member in a plane orthogonally oriented relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongated hollow frame member.