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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11603142 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2015

Structural body of a vehicle having an energy absorbing device and a method of forming the energy absorbing device

Applicant:

Sabic Global Technologies B.v., Bergen op Zoom, NL;

Inventors:

Craig Lawrence Milne, Houston, TX (US);

Gregory E. Tremblay, Houston, TX (US);

Dhanendra Kumar Nagwanshi, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Somasekhar Bobba Venkat, Karnataka, IN;

Arunachala Parameshwara, Karnataka, IN;

Matthew D. Marks, Waterford, MI (US);

Assignee:

SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen op Zoom, NL;

Attorney:

Cantor Colburn LLP

Primary Examiner:

James M Dolak

Assistant Examiner:

Joselynn Y Sliteris

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 29/04 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29C 70/46 (2006.01); B29C 70/50 (2006.01); B60R 21/04 (2006.01); B32B 3/04 (2006.01); B32B 3/12 (2006.01); B32B 3/28 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 37/06 (2006.01); B32B 37/10 (2006.01); B32B 38/18 (2006.01); B62D 63/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 29/043 (2013.01); B29C 45/14786 (2013.01); B29C 45/14811 (2013.01); B29C 70/465 (2013.01); B29C 70/506 (2013.01); B32B 3/04 (2013.01); B32B 3/12 (2013.01); B32B 3/28 (2013.01); B32B 5/02 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 37/06 (2013.01); B32B 37/10 (2013.01); B32B 38/1808 (2013.01); B32B 38/1858 (2013.01); B60R 21/04 (2013.01); B62D 63/04 (2013.01); B32B 2250/24 (2013.01); B32B 2260/021 (2013.01); B32B 2260/046 (2013.01); B32B 2305/076 (2013.01); B32B 2305/10 (2013.01); B32B 2307/56 (2013.01); B32B 2605/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, an energy-absorbing device can comprise: a polymer reinforcement structure, wherein the polymer reinforcement structure comprises a polymer matrix and chopped fibers; and a shell comprising 2 walls extending from a back and forming a shell channel, wherein the shell comprises continuous fibers and a resin matrix; wherein the polymer reinforcement structure is located in the shell channel.

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