Vehicular body structure
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsChristopher M. Higgins, Matthew A. Jansma
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Abstract
A vehicular body structure includes a polymeric deck panel. The deck panel includes an adjacent ridge and valley with a leg shared therebetween, a crossbeam footprint crosswise to the adjacent ridge and valley, and a rib extending along the adjacent ridge and valley. Outside the crossbeam footprint, the rib extends along the ridge, approaching the crossbeam footprint, the rib extends along the leg into the valley, and across the crossbeam footprint, the rib extends along the valley.
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A vehicular body structure, comprising:
- a polymeric deck panel, the deck panel including an adjacent ridge and valley with a leg shared therebetween, a crossbeam footprint crosswise to the adjacent ridge and valley, and a rib extending along the adjacent ridge and valley, wherein outside the crossbeam footprint, the rib extends along the ridge, approaching the crossbeam footprint, the rib extends along the leg into the valley, and across the crossbeam footprint, the rib extends along the valley.
A vehicular body structure, comprising:
- a polymeric deck panel, the deck panel including adjacent ridges and valleys with legs shared therebetween, the ridges including angular transitions into the legs shared with adjacent valleys, crossbeam footprints crosswise to the adjacent ridges and valleys, and ribs extending along the adjacent ridges and valleys, wherein outside the crossbeam footprints, the ribs extend along the transitions, approaching the crossbeam footprints, the ribs extend along the legs into the valleys, and across the crossbeam footprints, the ribs extend along the valleys.
A vehicular body structure, comprising:
- a polymeric deck panel, the deck panel including adjacent ridges and valleys with legs shared therebetween, the ridges including angular transitions into the legs shared with adjacent valleys, crossbeam footprints crosswise to the adjacent ridges and valleys, and ribs extending along the adjacent ridges and valleys, wherein outside the crossbeam footprints, the ribs extend along the transitions and have first cross-sectional heights and first cross-sectional thicknesses, approaching the crossbeam footprints, the ribs extend along the legs into the valleys, across the crossbeam footprints, the ribs extend along the valleys and have second cross-sectional heights and second cross-sectional thicknesses, wherein the second cross-sectional heights are substantially the same as or less than the depths of the valleys, the first cross-sectional heights are substantially the same as or greater than the second cross-sectional heights, and the second cross-sectional thicknesses are greater than the first cross-sectional thicknesses.
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