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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2022
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Nilesh D. Mankame, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ruoyu Sun, Champaign, IL (US);
Girish Krishnan, Mahomet, IL (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A structural component for a vehicle and a process and system for forming the structural component. A first cavity is formed in a first hollow passage between a first bladder and an interior surface of a component forming the structural component. A first structural reinforcement layer is formed in the first cavity by filling the first cavity with a first polymer resin and foaming the first polymer resin to form a first polymer resin foam. A second cavity is formed in the first hollow passage and a second structural reinforcement layer is formed in the second cavity by filling the second cavity with a second polymer resin and foaming the second polymer resin to form a second polymer resin foam.