Underride protection device and method for producing an underride protection device
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMarkus Grupp, Salvatore Maltisotto
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Abstract
An underride protection device for a battery-electric vehicle, having a sandwich arrangement with a core layer arranged between an upper cover layer and a lower cover layer made of a fiber-reinforced plastic material. In order to functionally improve the underride protection device, ribs are arranged on the upper cover layer, which are materially connected to the upper cover layer, wherein the ribs arranged on the upper cover layer are surrounded by a respective top layer, which is materially connected to the upper cover layer at two retaining sections.
Claims14
An underride protection device for a battery-electric vehicle, said underride protection device comprising:
- a sandwich arrangement including a core layer arranged between (i) an upper cover layer composed of a fiber-reinforced plastic material and (ii) a lower cover layer composed of the fiber-reinforced plastic material, and
- ribs arranged on and materially connected to the upper cover layer, wherein the ribs are surrounded by a respective top layer, wherein the respective top layer is also materially connected to the upper cover layer at two retaining sections,
- wherein the upper cover layer, the lower cover layer and the top layer comprise an epoxy resin.
An underride protection device for a battery-electric vehicle, said underride protection device comprising:
- a sandwich arrangement including a core layer arranged between (i) an upper cover layer composed of a fiber-reinforced plastic material and (ii) a lower cover layer composed of the fiber-reinforced plastic material, and
- ribs arranged on and materially connected to the upper cover layer, wherein the ribs are surrounded by a respective top layer,
- wherein the respective top layer is also directly and materially connected to the upper cover layer at two retaining sections by laminating or gluing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.