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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Ryan M. Hahnlen, Dublin, OH (US);
Benjamin Adam Hoffman, Marysville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/68 (2006.01); B23K 20/10 (2006.01); F16B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 15/14 (2006.01); B29C 70/02 (2006.01); B23K 20/233 (2006.01); B29C 70/72 (2006.01); B23K 20/227 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29K 705/00 (2006.01); F16B 37/04 (2006.01); B23K 101/18 (2006.01); B23K 103/04 (2006.01); B23K 103/18 (2006.01); B23K 103/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/68 (2013.01); B23K 20/10 (2013.01); B23K 20/227 (2013.01); B23K 20/233 (2013.01); B29C 70/023 (2013.01); B29C 70/72 (2013.01); B32B 15/14 (2013.01); F16B 5/02 (2013.01); B23K 2101/18 (2018.08); B23K 2103/04 (2018.08); B23K 2103/16 (2018.08); B23K 2103/18 (2018.08); B29K 2705/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/727 (2013.01); F16B 37/048 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fastening inclusion is provided and includes a hard point made of coalesced metal sheets, metal or fiber flanges extending from edges of the hard point, and a fastener arranged on the hard point. The fastening inclusion can be incorporated into a fiber reinforced polymer structure by interleaving the flanges with fiber reinforced resin plies, and then curing the fiber reinforced plies to form a composite structure. The fastener on the hard point may be used for mechanically connecting the composite structure to a separate component, such as a metal component on a vehicle.