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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2013
Sabic Innovative Plastics Ip B.v., Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Dhanendra Kumar Nagwanshi, Wixom, MI (US);
Arunachala Parameshwara, Bangalore, IN;
Somasekhar Bobba, Bangalore, IN;
Sudhakar Ramamoorthy Marur, Bangalore, IN;
Matthew D. Marks, Waterford, MI (US);
Abstract
A structural body of a vehicle can comprises: a hollow metal component comprising walls that define a channel, wherein the metal component has a metal component length, and wherein the metal component is selected from the group consisting of beam, rail, pillar, chassis, floor rocker, and cross-bar, combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing; and a plastic-metal hybrid reinforcement having a cavities therethrough, and a metal support having greater than or equal to 3 walls forming a support channel. The plastic element is located in the support channel wherein the reinforcement is located in the component channel.