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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jacob M. Hundley, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Nilesh D. Mankame, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Alan J. Jacobsen, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Eric C. Clough, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Hanif Muhammad, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Stuart J. Brown, Flint, MI (US);
Elisabeth J. Berger, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/18 (2006.01); B60R 19/03 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01); B29C 39/02 (2006.01); B29C 39/10 (2006.01); B29C 39/38 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01); B29L 9/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 19/03 (2013.01); B29C 35/0805 (2013.01); B29C 35/0894 (2013.01); B29C 39/025 (2013.01); B29C 39/10 (2013.01); B29C 39/38 (2013.01); B29C 65/48 (2013.01); B60R 19/18 (2013.01); B60R 21/00 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0827 (2013.01); B29L 2009/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3044 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1806 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1846 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1866 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1873 (2013.01); B60R 2019/1886 (2013.01);
Abstract
A curved sandwich impact structure for a vehicle having a micro-truss core. In one embodiment, the sandwich impact structure includes a micro-truss layer sandwiched between two facesheets, a micro-truss layer designed for energy absorption on the outside of one of the facesheets, and a fascia panel in contact with the energy absorbing micro-truss layer.