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US 12,576,609 B2Granted
Reinforcement for a side-impact
AssigneeZephyros, Inc.
InventorsMathieu Schoeffter, Gérald Bugli
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a reinforcement member made from a polymeric material. The present invention further relates to a vehicle comprising the reinforcement member, a method to absorb an impact on vehicle and a method to produce the reinforcement member.
Claims10
A vehicle reinforcement system comprising:
- a first reinforcement member extending along a longitudinal axis, the first reinforcement member comprising a stack of first reinforcement elements situated parallel to each other;
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- a second reinforcement member extending along the longitudinal axis, the second reinforcement member comprising a stack of second reinforcement elements situated parallel to each other;
- wherein each reinforcement element comprises a plate and a layer of a plurality of hollow cells, each hollow cell of the plurality extending in a longitudinal extension direction that is perpendicular to the plate, adjoining the plate at a first end, and adjoining the plate of an adjacent reinforcement element at an opposite, second end;
- wherein the longitudinal extension direction of the hollow cells of the first reinforcement member is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal extension direction of the hollow cells of the second reinforcement member;
- wherein adjacent first reinforcement elements within the first reinforcement member are interconnected by a material bond and/or by a form- and/or force-fit;
- wherein adjacent second reinforcement elements within the second reinforcement member are interconnected by a material bond and/or by a form- and/or force-fit;
- and
- wherein at least one of the reinforcement members is asymmetric relative to one of its center planes.
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