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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2015
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center Gmbh, Russelsheim, DE;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Julien Richeton, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Hermann Hansen, Minden, DE;
Stephane Ringenbach, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR EUROPE TECHNICAL CENTER GMBH, Russelsheim, DE;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a hybrid side sill for an automobile. The hybrid side sill may includes a pultruded profile part including a continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic polymer, which has a heat deflection temperature of at least 200 °C., and a terminal part including steel, which is attached to an end portion of the pultruded profile part. The present disclosure further provides an automobile body including such a hybrid side sill and also a method of manufacturing a hybrid side sill for an automobile. The manufacturing method includes a step for forming a pultruded profile part including a continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic polymer, which has a heat deflection temperature of at least 200 °C., and a step for attaching a terminal part made of steel to an end portion of the pultruded profile part.